Slap on your combat boots and head over to the combat testing range: 1) Let's start with the inverted crawl for 20 yards out, then back in less than 60 seconds, 2) Hit that horizontal ladder for 6 lengths in less than a minute, 3) Run, Dodge, and Jump over that ditch and those hurdles, twice in less than 30 seconds, 4) Time for those strict situps, 50 in less than 60 seconds, and finally, 5) Your 2 mile run in 15 minutes or less.
If you are a stalwart human specimen, you will do this test every year until you retire from the combat arms. If you are not, you cannot. Come on ladies, gird your loins and give it a try. You can do anything a man can do, yes?
In the paraphrased words of Gen. Westmoreland, "Sure, there are some women who can do this, but they're freaks; and, the Army is no place for freaks."
Flame away, but I know the truth hurts..
You wouldn’t need anything that intensive. The pullup requirement at airborne school had to be waived (eliminated entirely now) and the rigorous uphill runs moved to the ‘airborne track’ in order to accomodate the gals. I can’t imagine that most naval gals are capable of real world rigorous damage control work...and I’ve been told as much by the warrant officers who run army boats/ships.
Flame?
Nope, agree fully.
However, I’ve flown with some pretty aggressive women pilots. I’d not downgrade them just for their sex...but yup, there should just be one set of standards...and right now there isn’t.
I was going to call you on the “40 years” bit since I took that PT Test in the 70’s - and then I counted it out on my fingers - Oh, crude!