Army s combat fitness test tanks 44% of female soldiers; failure rate for men at 7% Data gleaned from 106K test results during first half of fiscal 2021 Follow Us
Question of the Day U.S Army 1st Lt. Mitchel Hess participates in a weight lifting drill while preparing to be an instructor in the new Army combat fitness test at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jan. 8, 2019. The new test is designed to be . more >The U.S. Army’s new fitness test is proving to be a grind for female soldiers.
Data obtained by Military.com shows 44% of women failing the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) during the first half of the fiscal year.
Military sexual trauma survivor pushes for change By Olivia Levada Texas
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KILLEEN, Texas U.S. Army veteran, Jessica Langford, sits in her Killeen home watching a video of herself testifying before the Texas Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border Security. I am a victim of military sexual trauma (MST),” explained Langford in the video. I was raped in Afghanistan in 2009 by my commander, and when it came out that I was pregnant from the assault, the commander basically got a slap on his wrist.
After Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s disappearance from Fort Hood last year, the hashtag “I am Vanessa Guillén” began tending, heightening awareness for MST stories.