Congress Demands the Army’s New Physical Test Measure Strength and Endurance Rather Than Create Equity
Red State | 12/19/2023 | Streiff

The National Defense Authorization Act has ordered the Army to up its game on fitness standards, specifically for soldiers in some combat specialties. This comes after the inability of the Army to come up with a physical fitness test that will measure physical fitness and treat men and women equally. This text is from page 382 of the NDAA conference report.

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Once Obama’s Defense Secretary Ashton Carter opened all military jobs to women, the Army Physical Fitness Test became a sore point. Why would a male tanker or infantryman have to meet one standard while the woman allegedly doing the same job was allowed to meet a significantly lower standard? 

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The fact is that a 98-pound 155mm projo doesn’t care about your age or gender. It has to be loaded into the tube. A light infantry solder is going to carry over 70 pounds of equipment in ideal circumstances where the weather isn’t trying to kill him…if you are a machine gunner or a Javelin gunner, add another 30-40 pounds. Add another 60 pounds of parachute and ancillary gear if you are a paratrooper.