PHYSICAL STANDARDS IN THE MILITARY

OTS Topic

Should men & women meet the same physical standards in the military?

February 2011

Compiled by Bibliography Branch
Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
Maxwell AFB, AL

CONTENTS

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Internet Resources

Air Force Basic Military Training.  Are You Ready for Basic Training?
Available online at:  http://www.basictraining.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15718

Center for Military Readiness.  Women in Combat:  Combat Realities and Respect for Law.   November 15, 2009.
Available online at:  http://cmrlink.org/WomenInCombat.asp?docID=363

US Air Force Basic Training:  Air Force Introduces New Fitness Standards.
Available online at:  http://www.baseops.net/basictraining/airforce_fitness.html
 

Books

Chapman, Anne.  Mixed-Gender Basic Training:  The U.S. Army Experience, 1973-2004.  Fort Monroe, VA, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2008.  197 p.
Book call no.:  355.54 C466m

Women in Combat Compendium.  Carlisle, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, 2008.  75 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA476126
Book call no.:  355.0082 W8727

Zeigler, Sara L. and Gunderson, Gregory G.  Moving Beyond G. I. Jane.  Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2005.  194 p.
See pp 54-58.
Book call no.:  355.0082 Z46m
 

Documents

Air Force Fitness Program.  Washington, Air Force Audit Agency, 2008.  22 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42963-1 no. F2009-0004-FD4000

Gervais, Maria R.  Violating the Sacred Trust:  Sexual Misconduct in Initial Entry Training.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2008.  28 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA479653
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 G385v

Lamb, Morgan M.  Joint Physical Readiness:  More than Just Physical Fitness.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2008.  22 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 L2181j
 


Documents - Student Papers

Do, James J. W.  Understanding Attitudes on Gender and Training at the U.S. Air Force Academy.  Colorado Springs, CO, University of Colorado, 2005.  75 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA444926
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43567-1023
 

Periodicals

Edwards, Lauren.  Raising the Bar:  Eliminate the Discriminant (a Look at Gender-Based Physical Fitness Standards).  Marine Corps Gazette 91:53-56 December 2007.
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=1390868021&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Fontaine, Scott.  The PT Test:  Who Measures Up?  Air Force Times 71:20 November 8, 2010.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Hoffman, Michael.  Fit to Serve.  Air Force Times 70:28-30 May 10, 2010.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Hoffman, Michael.  PT Test with Teeth:  Tougher Standards Stricter Scoring--and Consequences When You Fail.  Air Force Times 69:22-23 June 22, 2009.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Hoffman, Michael.  Pushing the Limits:  Revamped Scoring Sheets Reveal the Numbers to Hit to Be Fit.  Air Force Times 70:20-23 August 31, 2009.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Hoffman, Michael.  Waist Case:  If You Can't Fit in This Space, You Don't Meet Air Force Standards.  Air Force Times 69:14-15 February 9, 2009.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Kennedy, Kelly.  New Tape Test Throws Some Women for a Loop.  Army Times 67:16 October 30, 2006.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Kennedy, Kelly.  New Weight Regs:  Overhaul Includes Revised Body-Fat Test for Women.  Army Times 67:8 September 18, 2006.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Kennedy, Kelly.  Women in Postpartum PT Take Baby Steps to Fitness:  Successful Fort Bragg Program to Go Armywide.  Army Times 67:32 October 16, 2006.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Silva, Jennifer.  A New Generation of Women?  How Female ROTC Cadets Negotiate the Tension Between Masculine Military Culture and Traditional Femininity.  Social Forces 87:937-960 December 2008.
Also available online at:  http://www.jstor.org/stable/20430897

Solaro, Erin.  'Might' Does Not Make Right.  Marine Corps Gazette 90:69-70 May 2006.
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=1038790401&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Thomas, Bob.  New Fitness Writer Offers Must-Try Tips.  Army Times 68:31 September 3, 2007.
Also available online at:  http://infoweb.newsbank.com

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