The aircraft that dismantles and discards the bomb in the battle will now have a sexual neutral fitness test from next month, and the second career field of this service displays the second career of the service to have physical standards for each job.
The explosive trap abolition or the EOD, the Air Force, and the qualified officer no longer participate in the standard Air Force fitness test, and must perform a 1,000 -meter line instead of the standard 1.5 mm running, push -ups and suits, and 20 pound medical toss and trap bar lifts.
The Air Force said in a press release, “The abandonment of explosive traps has been added as the next combat weapon career field to require special gender and age neutral fitness standards.” “I admit that these requirements require continuous endurance to solve a long time in taxation conditions physically and mentally.”
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The change comes after the order of Defense Minister Pete Hegseth. In March memo All battle weapons are “sex neutral according to the need for the operation of the job.” The Department of Defense spokesman Sean Parnell also told reporters earlier this month that the Pentagon is considering the possibility of a joint fitness test for all services and “overall standard evaluation.”
The new fitness standard for the explosive weapon processing aircraft did well before he dates back to 2015 before hegseth’s tenure. The aircraft have already performed an informal version of last year.
The only career field with a physical standard for each job is the Air Force’s special war community and started developing 10 years ago.
In particular, the number of women’s EODs in the service is small. Air Force’s 2024 press release At the time, the woman said that it formed less than 2% of the career field population.
Air Force spokesman Rose Riley said in a statement on Militude.com on Tuesday that “about 3%of the current EOD career field is composed of women.”
The new 1,000 -meter row is intended to measure cardiovascular activity and to simulate “removal of explosive risks”, the service said. The 20 -pound medical toss is intended to prepare aircraft for tasks such as robot use, ladder climbing and evacuation of casualties.
The trap bar lift simulated the “bomb litigation” five times in the 150-360 pound range. The last event, Gruseter, is a 30 -pound vest and a 50 -pound sandbag with a drop, roll, lift and running drill. The press release said, “The report includes 15 meters runs in the fifth round to prepare EODS for situations where employees need to move fast and efficiently.
“Our strategic advantage is to build a ready power to fight all threats to the United States through the crisis through the competition.” General Brian Hartless, the air force director of civil engineers, said in a press release. “Our EOD Air Force is important for preserving our security.”
The Air Force said it measures scores for initial EOD training, intermediate level training and graduate level. This test will take effect on August 1, when the evaluation is part of the aircraft’s official service record.
relevant: HegSeth ordered a review of combat standards. It is not clear how it applies to all services.
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