Should PT standards be neutral across the board?

But as was commented on below, that does potentially nullify the integration by being able to make standard too demanding.
I know of a LE agency that used a rope climb test each year for officers. Designed to keep females out of the dept. Is that right? I'm not comfortable with engineered exclusions. The Box is open now. Adjust fire.

It appears it will go that way anyhow....

If I may. When a woman is pregnant and called to serve, is she going to be waivered. What will be the equal counter for a male soldier? Will standards place soldiers in more danger when a woman is captured or most likely to be captured if she can't keep up. Will males be required to do more to protect their female team mates than they would males. I'm fed up with the military cover-ups when it comes to these issues.

going to walk the walk. my vote is yes

PT should be equal accross the board since women will now join in combat situations. Women may have to unfortunatly be medicated so as to allow them to perform equally along side their male counterparts since women bare the burdon of child baring. If women wish to be apart of the butchery known as war, then get on with it since they now have 53% of the natioal vote. Fathers who have lost sons to war will now have fathers of daughters in their camp. may all war will end and our civilization will just go away with a whimper.

Surprise surprise--men and women are different--very few women have the strength men do--if in combat the male will be worrying about the female soldiers--if captured it does not take a high IQ to know what will probably happen to the female--why do we have to make changes that possibly endanger more soldiers to harm?

How does that work for 6 foot person versus a 5'5" person with different muscularskeletal structure? Muscle mass is different. Would the requirements be the same irregardless of the job?

Remember before answering; that it's not just different between males and females, it's also different between young and old...don't let the picture confuse you. :)

The main issue I see with making it MOS based is that when you're in combat...Your MOS doesn't mean anything because you are a soldier/infantryman first and whatever your MOS is second. If we went to war and I was physically fit according to an office job my battle buddies could suffer because I couldn't handle my portion of the work load during a litter carry or anything of the sort. Regardless of gender or MOS when you're out there you need to all be on the same level physically.

No. The simple fact is that men and women are different physically. There are jobs in the military that are more physically demanding than others. In that case, it would be the responsibility of that individual do extra physical conditioning on their own or as a group. If you're going to change anything, then you should look at completely changing the process and formula for computing body fat percentages. The current system (specifically in the Navy) is seriously flawed.