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rangerrebew:

More Female Soldiers Are Passing the ACFT, But Their Scores Still Trail Men's
 
17 May 2021
Military.com | By Steve Beynon

Fewer women are failing the Army’s new fitness test since soldiers first started taking the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, Military.com has learned.

"We're seeing that on average, your score increases the more times you take it," Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston said in a tweet Friday. "Likely just getting familiar with the flow and events. There are also simple tricks (like eating during the test) that people are learning."

Data from the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, shows the fail rate for women in 2019 was 79% and dipped to 60% in 2020. The data was compiled in April 2020 and was given to Military.com last week through a Freedom of Information Act request.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/05/17/more-female-soldiers-are-passing-acft-their-scores-still-trail-mens.html

AARguy:
So more women than men fail a standardized PT Test. I wonder how many millions of dollars, how many thousands of man hours and how much readiness suffered to conclude THAT blinding flash of the obvious?

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