Posted on 03/16/2021 3:50:33 PM PDT by PROCON
The U.S. Army is considering reversing its plans to set a gender-neutral fitness standard in the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), an Army official told Military.com last month.
The ACFT was intended to be a gender-neutral test, and would have required soldiers to score 360 out of 600 possible points, but preliminary figures showed 54 percent female soldiers failing the gender-neutral standard, as compared to 10 percent of male soldiers, according to Army data shared with the Washington Post last fall. Female soldiers were also scoring 100 points lower on the test, on average, than their male counterparts.
“We are currently in the assessment phase as we collect ACFT scores from Soldiers across the Army,” an Army spokesman told American Military News on Tuesday. “We are taking a deliberate approach to gather information from the force and conduct an independent review in accordance with the NDAA so that we can revise the ACFT to ensure it’s fair for all Soldiers and is an accurate predictor of fitness required for combat.”
Fitness test performance is tied to promotions and there has been concern that the ACFT in its current form would hold back female troops seeking advancement.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2021, included a provision that halted the Army from implementing the ACFT until the Army studies “the extent, if any, to which the test would affect recruitment and retention in critical support military occupational specialties of the Army, such as medical personnel.”
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So,women don’t have to be strong to be soldiers?
Unfortunately... I believe you are exactly right. I can remember one of my last experiences in LE. I was in a courthouse, just a typical day... until I saw a female motorcycle dyke... all 130 lbs of her strutting around like a peacock. I’ll never forget the absurdity of it. Jeez... I’m gonna call for help and THIS is the help I can expect? If you want to stay alive... it’s time to move on.
The next test will be speaking chinc!
I found the chart that they use for scoring (points for reps, distance, time, etc.).
Pretty familiar with all of these moves (CrossFit). Conservatively estimated my score and figured I would pass it by about 10 points.
I’m a female/5’5”/122 lbs. Oh, and BTW, I’m 57 years old. If the 20-somethings can’t pass this test...well, I don’t know what to say. Put down the fork and go to the gym?
Re the “startling” (NOT) thrust of this article. Why didn’t we know about this earlier? /sarc
Let me list the reasons:
Clinton administration military leaders
Obama administration military pansies esp. in the Navy and Air Force
Biden administration military pansies, idiots and incompetents. Now including the Marines whose job will not involve storming the beaches but building maternity hospitals and making maternity suits for the troops).
Know how you feel...
When I was in the Corps (1951 to 1957), the only women issues in the Corps was when one of them heard you refer to them as a BAM...
They were tough as nails, but smart enough to understand their role...
The Corps has been descending into this crap for a couple of decades...
My dad served from 1942 to 1945 on the grand tour of the Pacific from Guadalcanal to Okinawa... He would be dismayed at today’s America...
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