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The standing power throw is out as new Army fitness test goes 'sex-neutral'

14 点作者 PaulHoule13 天前

6 条评论

nonameiguess13 天前
Kind of burying the lede with the headline. I haven&#x27;t been in the Army in nearly 15 years and hadn&#x27;t heard of the standing power throw, but sex neutral standards are a pretty massive change. Women being graded on the men&#x27;s scale are going to have an extremely hard time. My wife from back then routinely scored near 400 on the extended scale, well above the maximum for a woman, but was a full two minutes slower than me on the two-mile. We didn&#x27;t do the deadlift, but we did it recreationally and I lifted triple what she did, not a huge surprise since she was barely 110 lbs.<p>Of course, women couldn&#x27;t legally serve in combat roles at all back then, so they&#x27;ve still got a better shot now even if they need to meet male standards.
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mystraline13 天前
Seems actually pretty fair. Instead of sexist rules, its the same rules for everyone.<p>&quot;We don&#x27;t care what&#x27;s between your legs. Pass these tests and you qualify.&quot;
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legitster13 天前
&gt; An early version of the ACFT held male and female soldiers to the same physical fitness standards, regardless of age. In 2019, initial testing showed that 84% of women who took the test had failed while men across 11 of 63 battalions had a 70% pass rate. The test trials prompted criticism from the Service Women’s Action Network, which called the Army’s implementation “rash” because “too many otherwise qualified soldiers are failing elements of the test.”<p>That&#x27;s actually pretty striking. Only 30% of men fail vs 84% of women. And I am assuming women probably train harder and more intentionally.
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paulpauper13 天前
Given how everything is moving to drones, wouldn&#x27;t you want recruits who are capable of focusing at a desk for a long periods of time
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ano-ther13 天前
Interesting that a US Army test use meter as the measure<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.armycombatfitnesstest.com&#x2F;calculator" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.armycombatfitnesstest.com&#x2F;calculator</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=xcDiEr3Meds" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=xcDiEr3Meds</a>
jleyank13 天前
If they end up taking few(er) women, readiness will take a hit as I don&#x27;t recall news stories about turning away people wanting to join. And if they really don&#x27;t want women in the service, guess they&#x27;re going to have to rent contractor medical people?<p>Or are they limiting it to the grunts at the pointy end of the spear? Last time I checked, people seem to prefer the higher-paying, higher-employable military jobs - officers, pilots, IT&#x2F;communications, engineering...