She met the female standards. Good on her. But I’d bet I could kick her ass in a fight - and I’m 53 & retired.
At her age, she would max out the push-ups with 34. A 30 year old male would need 77. She could max out the 2 mile run with a time of 17:36 (8:48/mile). A 30 year old male would need to run the same distance in 13:18 (a 6:39 mile).
Want another try at proving your point?
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“But I’d bet I could kick her ass in a fight...”
I don’t think anyone is saying that this 50 year-old woman is as strong as a 20 year-old man. She passed her PFT with flying colors for her age and sex. And just because you could “kick her ass” should not prevent her from serving her country if she chooses. Similarly, although my 20 year-old nephew likely could kick your ass in a fight, that shouldn’t preclude you from serving your country if you choose, if you are fit for it.
Maybe you were unaware, but woman are prevented, thankfully, from direct combat in the military, so there is no need for them to be capable of hand-to-hand combat with anyone, much less a 53 year-old badass like yourself.
I say kudos to her, and to anyone who volunteers to serve their country in whatever capacity they are fit to do so.
Why would you want to kick her ass? She is serving her country and is happy to do so.
The army PFT as I understand it—running, pushups and situps in 2 minutes each—is very easy, even with the standards for 21yo males. Yes, a fit middle-aged woman could meet the requirements imposed on young men in the test, but doesn’t at all measure the strength needed for lots of real-world combat soldier situations.
If the woman is going to be a reservist paralegal, there’s no reason that she needs the upper-body strength of a young man. But even 99% of fit young women don’t have the upper-body strength of an average, fit young man.
I would of course be against such being women put in situations where they don’t have the strength they need for the safety of themselves or their fellow soldiers. (As I would for firemen, police, etc..) I hope that the army later sufficiently filters out those without the physical capabilities needed for each each role into which their recruits are assigned, but I suspect that it doesn’t.