Last year, Hegseth introduced new sex-neutral fitness standards that sought to eliminate sex-based grading for combat soldiers on the military’s physical fitness exam. That exam includes a 3-mile run, push-ups or pull-ups, and an abdominal plank. When the standards were announced, some analysts worried it could lead to fewer women enlisting.
But a new report from The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom, suggests that Hegseth’s new standards were not making the military more masculine, as he seemed to hope. The report found that 90% of female Marines in combat roles who took the fitness test passed or exceeded expectations.
Sorry about that I was thinking of the army fitness test, didn’t realize the Marines had pull ups still on it. Thought they were dropped
(Edit: you only have to do the pull ups if you can’t do the pushups apparently, you can choose either or on the Marines apparently)