[exDemMom]

No you don’t. APFT standards are a just and true starting point.

Now, to be honest and fair, as a 52 YO male, I am not required to do the same “work” under those standards either. So, a 19-21 YO male should get paid more than a 52 YO male as well.

Strictly speaking, my particular job could be done by a fat couch potato. While passing the APFT is a prerequisite for keeping my job, it has nothing to do with how I perform the job.

As one woman said to me several years ago, the Army hired me for my brains, not my brawn.

[Manly Warrior]

Sigh; we men just don’t get it anyway.

That women you mention was wrong too.

IIRC, females learned BRM, US weapons, basic combatives, bayonet drill in BCT too; still do. Wonder why?

Thanks for your (qualified) service. Me, I rather offered unqualified service, and boy, did the Army take me up on that!