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US Army eases fitness test standards for women, older troops

  After three years of complaints and debate, the US Army has scrapped its move to have a physical fitness test that is gender-and age-neutral.
The Army will now allow women and older soldiers to pass while meeting some reduced standards.
The decision comes after a study by the RAND research organisation saying that men were passing the new six-event fitness test at a much higher rate than women and that older soldiers were also struggling with their scores in the expanded, more difficult test developed in 2019.
The change, however, will affect only the regular fitness test that soldiers take annually.
Qualifying for certain Army jobs, particularly more demanding combat positions or specialties such as Ranger school, will continue to require that everyone — regardless of age or gender — must pass the same fitness tests and standards.
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