Wallenburg wrote:Imperial City-States wrote:
The current 'standard'
Long story short,
For a Male to barely pass a PT test in the Army (he'll be shit on by everyone around him for being weak)
42 Push ups (in two minutes)
53 Situps (in two minutes)
and a 15:54 two mile
Female to barely pass a PT test in the Army (no one cares)
19 Push ups
53 situps
and a 18:48 two mile
You can not seriously tell me that a male passing the bare minimum standard and a female passing her bare minimum standard are going to be anywhere near par in terms of physical capability.
I agree, those different standards are not acceptable.
I'm curious though, if the Army is only just beginning to accept women in combat roles, where are these data coming from?
When I was talking to recruiters for the British Army (I concede, for combat support and combat support in the reserves at that), I was told quite flatly that the pushup and situp standard really does not matter (though still assessed) and it's the 1.5mi run time that is important for basic entry.
Again, it's CS so the run time doesn't exactly matter either.
I figure the logic is, you'd eventually work up to the pushup and situp standard during training anyway but the run time is a measure of broad fitness.