{"id":71389,"date":"2019-07-21T16:47:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/21\/military-studies-hyperfit-women-who-pass-grueling-courses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:40:35","slug":"military-studies-hyperfit-women-who-pass-grueling-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/07\/21\/military-studies-hyperfit-women-who-pass-grueling-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Military studies \u2018hyperfit\u2019 women who pass grueling courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARMY SOLDIER SYSTEMS CENTER, Mass. \u2014 In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/10\/09\/almost-800-women-are-serving-in-previously-closed-army-combat-jobs-this-is-how-theyre-faring\/\" target=\"_blank\">opening all combat jobs to women<\/a>, at least 30 have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/13\/first-female-ranger-grads-open-up-about-the-aftermath-and-joining-the-infantry\/\" target=\"_blank\">earned the Army Ranger tab<\/a>, two have graduated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/06\/13\/there-are-no-female-marines-currently-leading-an-infantry-platoon-in-the-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marine infantry school<\/a> and three have passed the grueling initial assessment phase for Green Beret training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their numbers are small, but their completion of some of the military\u2019s most arduous physical and mental courses has raised an intriguing scientific question: Who are these \u201chyperfit\u201d women and what makes them so competitive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army medical researchers hope to uncover answers in a just-launched voluntary study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re really interested in those elite women that are the first to make it through physically demanding training,\u201d said Holly McClung, a nutritional physiologist at the Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Massachusetts. \u201cThe real point of the study is to characterize this unique cohort of women that has made it through these traditionally male trainings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/05\/24\/sma-or-bust-the-first-enlisted-female-ranger-grad-talks-ambition-and-leadership\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4704414.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">SMA or bust: The first enlisted female Ranger grad talks ambition and leadership<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Staff Sgt. Amanda Kelley became the first enlisted woman with a Ranger tab last  year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During early debate on the move to open all combat jobs to women, military leaders raised questions about whether women were up to the jobs or if putting them on the front lines would make units less capable. The Marine Corps sought an exemption to keep some combat jobs closed for precisely that reason, but they were overruled by then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women, however, have increasingly made it through the nine-week Ranger course, and the numbers of those trying out for other special operations jobs is slowly inching up. The courses all encompass a number of phases and run from about nine weeks to a year or two for the most elite commando jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They involve a wide array of grueling physical fitness tests, combat water survival, day and night land navigation, long road marches carrying heavy packs, extended patrols through various climates, and extensive mental, psychological and leadership testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal, said McClung, is to identify the attributes \u2014 whether mental, physical or psychological \u2014 that help the women succeed. By unlocking those secrets, maybe they can help other women compete for the same jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/10\/11\/has-combat-arms-gender-integration-been-successful-the-army-will-let-you-know-in-2020\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3396521.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Has combat arms gender integration been successful? The Army will let you know in 2020.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Hundreds of women are serving in the Army infantry and other combat jobs, but the service is reserving judgment until its pilot program is over.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a small basement office at this Army base in Natick, Massachusetts, McClung and Julie Hughes, a research physiologist, are setting up a treadmill that\u2019s linked to a nearby computer. They plan to have the women use a mask and breathing apparatus to calculate each participant\u2019s vo2 Max score, a key fitness indicator. The score measures how many millileters of oxygen used per kilogram of body weight per minute; in other words, how much oxygen is being used at a person\u2019s peak exercise rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An average sedentary person may have a score of about 30. Top athletes \u2014 runners and cyclists \u2014 can score in the 80s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan, at this point, is to have the military women come to Natick, in groups of two or three, and go through a range of tests over three days to identify biological and physiological markers that help define them as hyperfit. Having several tested at the same time, McClung said, will make it more interesting and encourage competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a unique historical time,\u201d said Hughes. \u201cThere\u2019s this group of women who made it through the training so we want to get them to at least do these observational investigations to explore what makes them unique.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19171690076854.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19171690076854.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19171690076854.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19171690076854.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19171690076854.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this April 23, 2019, photo, nutritional physiologist Holly McClung, left, assists research scientist Leila Walker, right, as they demonstrate equipment designed to evaluate fitness levels of female service members, not shown, who have joined elite fighting units, at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, in Natick, Mass. (Steven Senne\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That breathing test, along with others on their blood, calcium and iron levels, as well as bone density scans and exercise programs will be used to determine the women\u2019s physical fitness. Other written tests and interviews will evaluate their mental toughness and psychological resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The women will take three psychological exams that are designed to determine their grit, hardiness and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the military version of the resilience test lists statements and asks people to determine on a scale of one to five if the statement is definitely or mostly false, \u201cdon\u2019t know\u201d or mostly or definitely true. Some examples of the statements are: I enjoy most things in life; I often feel helpless; I like to have a lot of structure in my life; I carefully plan just about everything I do; it bothers me when my daily routine gets interrupted; and my successes are because of my effort and ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Esper, President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for defense secretary, said the study will be important to help understand fitness and perhaps reduce injury rates. He was serving as Army secretary when this study was first broached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy belief is it\u2019s grit \u2014 grit gets them through this,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to have a certain level of athletic ability, but they take it to an extraordinary level. These women are tough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McClung said she received word on July 12 that the final study was approved. She said that if more women graduate from any of the military training courses, they could be added to the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McClung and Hughes also said they hope to be able to compare the women\u2019s results with similar testing on men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be up to the women to decide if they want to participate. But based on feedback from some of the women, they think a number of them will want to take part in the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we\u2019re encouraged that they\u2019ll be willing to participate,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cThey want to be counted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was opening all combat jobs to women , at least 30 have earned the Army Ranger tab, two have graduated Marine infantry school and three have passed the grueling initial assessment phase for Green Beret training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":103233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":70,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[100,23,93,12,25,70],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1334],"class_list":["post-71389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-middle-column","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-army"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"Q5ASTCKL6JBLPEELGI2M4354SQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-military\/2019\/07\/21\/military-studies-hyperfit-women-who-pass-grueling-courses\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Military studies \u2018hyperfit\u2019 women who pass grueling courses - Army Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was opening all combat jobs to women , at least 30 have earned the Army Ranger tab, two have graduated Marine infantry school and three have passed the grueling initial assessment phase for Green Beret training.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Military studies \u2018hyperfit\u2019 women who pass grueling courses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was opening all combat jobs to women , at least 30 have earned the Army Ranger tab, two have graduated Marine infantry school and three have passed the grueling initial assessment phase for Green Beret training.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/07\/21\/military-studies-hyperfit-women-who-pass-grueling-courses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Army Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-21T16:47:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T12:40:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lolita C. 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