Army's New Fitness Standards Under Fire, Stir Combat Readiness Concerns
Jake Thomas - Yesterday 7:15 PM
Members of Congress are pushing for the U.S. Army to revise its physical fitness standards after it recently revamped a key benchmark to account for ages and gender.
The Army earlier this spring enacted the latest version of its Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) in response to concerns that women passed an earlier version at a significantly lower rate. But the new standards have attracted controversy, and now GOP members of Congress are pushing for further revisions as part of the reauthorization of a key defense spending bill.
The Senate Armed Services Committee is seeking to create additional testing requirements that measure the physical fitness of service members likely to face combat, Army Times reported Wednesday.
The proposed supplemental standards would be included in the reauthorization of the National Defense Authorization Act, the Times reported. The sweeping legislation that specifies the budget of the Pentagon also includes policy changes.
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