The DoD's Body Composition Standards Are Harming Female Service Members

[rangerrebew]

The DoD's Body Composition Standards Are Harming Female Service Members
 
31 Dec 2020
Military.com | By Marine Majors Sharon Sisbarro, Kerry Hogan and Sara Kirstein and Capt. Catherine Baniakas

Major Sharon Sisbarro is a Communication Strategy and Operations Officer assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps and temporarily supporting the DOD Board on Diversity and Inclusion. She has eleven years commissioned service. Major Kerry Hogan is currently serving as the Adjutant, II MEF Information Group. She has sixteen years commissioned service. Major Sara Kirstein is currently serving as a Manpower Officer with Marine Corps Installations Pacific. She has nine years enlisted and thirteen years of commissioned service. Captain Catherine Baniakas is currently serving as the Assistant Aircraft Maintenance Officer for VMM-362. She has nine years of commissioned service. All are members of the newly formed Marine Women's Initiative Team, a grassroots organization of female Marines who seeks to improve the recruitment, retention and employment of women in the Marine Corps.

The Department of Defense continues to introduce physically demanding requirements for both men and women, yet little research has been done to address the possibility of an outdated body composition standard that may place more emphasis on being thin versus being fit.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2020/12/31/dods-body-composition-standards-are-harming-female-service-members.html

[rangerrebew]

Whao, just one minute here.  As the new administration is going to be democrats, there must be no differences between men and women on physical tests.  First of all, that would be an admission by democrats, who have argued for years there are no differences between males and females (I certainly think the ones born that way are far superior) and to create that difference would be totally unfair to women.  Since, according to democrats, you can change your sex just by saying so, the standards would have to be exactly the same so no one is cheated or given extra leniency in strength; perfect equity, you know.  To say this now is a statement [size=18p THERE  ARE differences and what they have been arguing for years has been a lie.