[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.

[BlueLancer]

However, if a female is trying to become an infantryman or a cannon-cocker, she should be required to pass the same PT test as the males performing the same "job".

In the Army, promotion lists are generated within MOS branches. If a male and a female are competing for the same position within the same MOS/job field, they should be required to pass an identical test. Otherwise, you've got a soldier who can't perform the job functions which should be required to be performed by all soldiers within that MOS.

[A Navy Vet]

"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."

That's what I meant. Sorry I wasn't precise.