This week Marine Corps Times staff writer James Sanborn looked at the issue of adding pull-ups to the PFT for female Marines:
A plan that would toughen the Physical Fitness Test for women by adding pull-ups has been put off indefinitely.
“The discussion to change the upper-body strength test for female Marines has been tabled for the time being, with no indication of when [or] if the conversation may resume,” said 1st Lt. Scott Villiard, a Training and Education Command spokesman in Quantico, Va., via email.
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