{"id":110564,"date":"2021-02-15T20:34:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T01:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=110564"},"modified":"2021-02-15T20:34:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T01:34:58","slug":"army-discovers-that-men-and-women-are-in-fact-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=110564","title":{"rendered":"Army discovers that men and women are in fact different"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeff LPH 3 sent this in to me the other day and I’m just now catching up on things. For back story here, the Army (for like seven years now) has been developing a one-size-fits-all annual PT test. The\u00a0idea\u00a0<\/em>was that there’d be a single physical fitness standard every soldier, regardless of chromosomal configuration, would be held to. Now that they’re nearing implementation, they discover what toddlers instinctively know; boys and girls are different!<\/p>\n

One bright idea, instead of having a normalized standard by gender like we’ve (allegedly) had for decades is to instead have gender-specific promotional boards. After all this time, effort, and money wasted we’ll just end up where we started.<\/p>\n

Army officials are evaluating a version of the stalled Army Combat Fitness Test that would account for biological differences between men and women, according to Training and Doctrine Command.<\/p>\n

The ACFT officially became the Army\u2019s test of record in October, but Congress mandated a pause on further implementation pending an independent study to determine how it will impact deployed soldiers, recruiting and retention.<\/p>\n

Changing elements of the test might also satisfy lawmakers who worried late last year about the disproportionately high failure rates among women. One proposal is that the ACFT could score soldiers on a servicewide percentile, separated by gender, Task and Purpose first reported Thursday.<\/p>\n

TRADOC spokeswoman Lt. Col. Margaret Kageleiry said that so far the ACFT is remaining gender-neutral, but the Army \u201cis looking at means to apply those scores based on gender to account for biological differences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are addressing these concerns in coordination with Army senior leaders, Congress, and with those it impacts the most, our American Soldiers,\u201d Kageleiry added in an email.<\/p>\n

Soldiers are currently expected to train for the ACFT, but scores won\u2019t count against them until a much later date.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the current path, we believe it will be mid\u201d fiscal 2022, Kageleiry said. Until then, the Army is working to collect data on different policy options, she added.<\/p>\n

How exactly the Army plans to account for biological differences in the ACFT isn\u2019t yet clear. Suggested changes \u2014 including adding a plank alternative to the hanging leg tuck \u2014 were leaked to an Army forum on Reddit in January.<\/p>\n

One scoring system documented in slides obtained by Task and Purpose suggested placing soldiers into tiers by percentiles, rather than the points they receive on the test. All the events would remain the same, but soldiers\u2019 scores would be ranked within their gender instead of putting men and women in the same category when competing at promotion boards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know there is a physiological difference between men and women,\u201d reads one slide. \u201cThe Army has to account for this and remove the competition between genders or Congress will never allow ACFT implementation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source; Army Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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