"The enemy waging that war, he suggested, is no foreign aggressor - but rather diversity and inclusion efforts and slipping standards. "I don't want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men," he said Tuesday, stating that combat arms standards were changed a decade ago to "ensure females could qualify.""
"But every combat role has its own gender-neutral standard, Cardnell said. Cardnell told Axios in a statement, the " physical qualifications for combat roles have never been lowered to allow women to serve in that capacity." "Conflating these two types of standards ignores the fact that combat roles have never had the qualifications lowered for women; all we have ever asked for is that an individual is able to serve in any capacity for which they are qualified," she said."
Physical requirements for infantry school, special operations, and other combat roles are gender-neutral. A commentator blamed diversity efforts and slipping standards, saying combat arms standards were changed a decade ago to allow females to qualify. Federal law prohibits separate standards for men and women in the same military role. The military uses a general fitness test adjusted for age and gender for entrants; each combat role has a gender-neutral standard. Advocates say combat role qualifications have never been lowered to allow women to serve. The Army unveiled sex-neutral, age-adjusted combat standards to increase lethality and readiness, with new scoring for 21 combat specialties next year.
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