[A Navy Vet]

Unless I’m reading this wrong, it looks to me that the Army is reconsidering their lessor physical standards for women. That’s good news if so.

[PROCON]

It's lower physical fitness standards are good for women if they want to be promoted.

The AFCT grade is part of promotion criteria.

But it certainly isn't good for Army readiness.

[BeauBo]

“it looks to me that the Army is reconsidering their lessor physical standards for women.”

Nope.

They tried to go to a single standard scoring table, with no separate ones for age or gender. (https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/acft/fy20_standards.pdf )

Apparently, the lowest common denominators selected, were not low enough to retain enough women.

It looks like they will make some administrative change to how women’s scores are handled (like hide them from promotion boards, and not discharge any for failing the test), until the minimums are lowered again, or a separate (lesser) scoring table for women is adopted.