{"id":17684,"date":"2025-04-23T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/?p=17684"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:24:47","slug":"usa-stesso-test-fisico-per-uomini-e-donne-nellesercito-leuropa-va-piu-cauta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/usa-same-physical-test-for-men-and-women-in-the-army-europe-is-more-cautious\/","title":{"rendered":"USA, same physical test for men and women in the Army. Europe goes more cautious"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 1 June 2025, the US Army will adopt a new physical test<\/a> \"gender-neutral' for access and tenure in operational roles. A decision that marks a radical change of course: men and women will have to pass the same physical standards<\/strong>without distinction, in the name of operational efficiency and 'lethal force'.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement, released Monday by the Pentagon, comes in the wake of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's order to permanently eliminate gender-based physical requirements for frontline roles. The new test, called AFT (Army Functional Test)<\/strong>, will replace the previous Combat Fitness Test and will include weightlifting, squats, planking, a two-mile run and a sprint-drag-load test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new AFT (Army Functional Test), which will replace the previous Combat Fitness Test in the US Army, does not differentiate between men and women. @ US ARMY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A difficult threshold to cross for many female soldiers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to analysts, the new standard could drastically reduce the number of women qualified for combat roles<\/strong>especially among the younger ones, who will have to face much tougher tests than in the past: for example, lifting 140 pounds instead of 120 and completing the run in significantly less time. Those who fail the test twice in a row may be transferred to non-combatant assignments, where criteria differentiated by gender and age will remain in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A choice that has aroused controversy, not least because it seems to contradict the internal studies of the US defence itself: a 2017 study<\/strong> had concluded that the physiological differences between men and women should be managed with targeted training programmes, not with identical standards<\/strong>. In addition, a Rand Corporation study of 2022<\/strong> showed much higher failure rates among women and older military personnel, raising doubts about the sustainability of the new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New US tests: same standard for men and women, but many female soldiers risk exclusion from operational roles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Differentiated approach prevails in Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The situation is quite different in the main European armies, where physical standards remain differentiated for men and women<\/strong>with specific exceptions related to elite operational roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n