US lowers fitness standards to put more women at risk in military

 Daily Mail:

As the world braces for a potential WWIII, the U.S. Army is lowering its fitness  standards to be 'more inclusive'. 

The Army is changing several of its fitness test exercises - including the dreaded leg tucks - in favor of planks because about half of all female soldiers were unable to complete the exercise. 

The new Army Combat Fitness Test, ACFT, which is comprised of six exercises, also slashes the number of push-ups from 30 to 10, reduces the power throw distance by two-thirds and gives more time to finish the two-mile run. 

The Army has been considering a new physical test to replace the 1983 United States Army Physical Fitness Test since combat jobs including the infantry and cavalry were opened to women in 2015. 

Under Donald Trump, a tough gender-neutral ACFT test was suggested but a trial found 70 per cent of women failed, compared to 16 percent of men.

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The reason the military has physical fitness tests, to begin with, is to get people in the military who can deal with the physical and mental stress of military operations.  When I was going through Marin Corps OCS and Basic School,  there were a significant number of candidates who were unable to complete the course.  It is better to find that out in training than to find it out in a combat situation that would endanger your fellow troops.  The woke military is a danger to itself and to the country.

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