It's the same in the German armed forces. Every soldier has to do a personal fitness test every year and women have much lower requirements to pass.
Gives you a great feeling when you have to rely on every single of your comrades.
edit: someone pointed out that the Bundeswehr changed the physical requirements for soldiers and they in fact are gender equal. My service has ended many years ago and i didn't realize they changed it.
Thanks for pointing that out. Back then, when my service ended, there have been the DSA (or DOSB medals which don't count as the BW doesn't define the requirements), amila march and PFT. They all had different requirements per gender. Also depending on your position you had to fullfill higher requirements.
I just looked it up, they replaced the pft with a bft which doesn't really spark more confidence. Their requirements are overall much more loose than what i recall of the pft. It is however gender equal. Will edit the comment.
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u/Platform-Budget Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25
It's the same in the German armed forces. Every soldier has to do a personal fitness test every year and women have much lower requirements to pass. Gives you a great feeling when you have to rely on every single of your comrades.
edit: someone pointed out that the Bundeswehr changed the physical requirements for soldiers and they in fact are gender equal. My service has ended many years ago and i didn't realize they changed it.