Yeah, I saw a vid yesterday by Civ Div, a volunteer fighter with a youtube, who failed to complete his 4 year term in the Marines. One of his major problems being unable to adequately keep up on the long hikes under heavy load.
Got me thinking about it. And lo-and-behold, today an article about another short marine. lol
edit: In the interest of not disrespecting Civ Div, who I admire for how he does good, important work today, I like to think that perhaps the Marine Corps is slowly changing how they integrate new recruits that are particularly short. I wonder if that is the case though.
Regardless, the accomplishments of both short guys are very respectable imho.