Posted on 04/28/2025 7:10:31 PM PDT by george76
The title seems dumb. All fitness tests are gender-neutral: here is the test, can you do it? Note that we didn’t ask you about your gender; you can either pass the test or you can’t.
Congress wants to draft our daughters. They are very close to passing it.
This change is HOW it always should have been.
Standing power-throw event. Well that is not necessary. Nobody throw grenades any more. huh?
The military tests have been two tiered for 10+ years to the point of men being stationed at obstacles to help females over and many her types if double ruling. It comes from the operating Law of Democrat Nature i.e. Disparity of result is ironclad proof of Discrimination and Racism/Sexism/et ceteraism. My son quit the army after 133 years and promotion to officer because of the wokeness washing over his part of the military, double fitness standards being very much part of that.
The female body is not built for sustained hard physical work and heavy load carrying and the military march at a high level, they are filling the VA hospitals and getting medical discharges with disability pensions, and replacing males who could do it better, faster, and with more energy reserves left over, and still retire healthy.
I think women should have to register for Selective Service. It’s only fair, especially if they want to qualify for gov’t jobs, bennies, etc.
After 133 years, it was probably time for him to retire anyway.
For an average male, that really is very easy to do.
Performing certain tasks is how tests need to be done. Its not trying to rip either side or make anyone fele bad. Certain things have to get done, you have to have certain dexterity, strength, speed and stamina to accomplish certain tasks.
Not terribly hard for a woman to do. Its actually less weight than what the average American female weighs, so on average they will be lifting less than their own body weight.
WHOA! Got an extra three in there. Make that 13 years.
Regimental Sgt. Maj. Stephanie
Command Sgt. Maj. JoAnn
That’s not what they mean. Their goal is to lower standards
enough where women and men can pass. Sounds great on first
blush, but what it means is that men will not be pushed to
meet their maximum potential.
Tell me what enemy of ours is going to be upset about that.
If women are meeting the standard, then the standard is too low.
Not losing a war is at least as important as tennis, golf, soccer and basketball, swimming and everything else that shows the sex differences.
At age 71 and 8 years into cancer, doing well thank you, I can deadlift a 140 individual and carry them a significant distance. It is an easy test. In my prime I could carry two sheets of 12’ sheetrock into a house, 50 trips in about an hour. I was one of the weakest people in the business. I was 35 years old when I switched jobs. If a woman can’t do this, she is a weak specimen of a military grunt.
Hint, no females ever worked carrying drywall, some helped hang it on walls, but never overhead. It is beyond normal strength in females.
Moving a Pilates ball around.
Playing pickle ball.
Fighting in a swimming pool in a duel of plastic foam noodles while floating on inflatable mattresses.
That test has been dumbed down, but should NOT have been.
I think a bottom line test would be to put 100 America women soldiers (take your pick) on a football field with 20 Russian Spetznatz guys and see how long it would take the 20 Spetznatz guys to knock em all out.
Then, reset your physical fitness requirements according to the 100 hospitalized women soldiers.
So, who are we kidding that the PT requirements are now yummy and everything is alright and our soldiers will win in future hand to hand combat fights. Bullshit!!! The standards need to be increased not genderized.
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