Implementing a gender neutral physical fitness test for each MOS

I made a comment similar to this earlier in another discussion, SSG. The standard is the standard is the standard. I think, combat arms for example, certain MOSs should have a gender neutral APFT but not at the cost of lowering it or changing it to accommodate those who couldn't hack it before. There are reasons why you get remedial PT if you don't score a 270 as an 11B. I understand that genetically males and females are engineered differently but I think they should both have to adhere to the current standard because it was set with the thought in mind that this is the bare minimum a soldier needs to achieve in order to be successful. I think if the job isn't necessarily physically demanding then there is no need to change anything, SSG.

i dont think it would be a good idea. im all for gender equality but there are some realities that connot be denied. the female body is not genentically designed (bone density, muscle density, standard body fat percentage) to be able to deal with the amount of physical stres that the male body can deal with. in the Marine Corps we see the effects of physical stres son the female body all the time. in boot camp the females carry the same gear that a male carries and the results are that many females end up with fractured hips, and pelvises, as well as lower back and leg injuries at a disproportionate amount. the other reason i dont agree with it because it can only be applied in one of 2 ways. either you have a lower standard that is reasonable but chalenging goals for femlaes to reach but easy for the males to accomplish or you have a standard that is a challenge for the males but virtually immpossiblel for the females to reach. i do however agree that different occupational specialties should have a their own physical standards.