Friday, September 9, 2011

Are the fitness tests for potential soldiers and officers for the british army different?

I've been looking on the internet and on the BA website it gives details for both officer and soldier fitness under different headings. Are the 50 situps in 2 minutes and the 44 press ups in 2 minutes still part of it?|||The difference in fitness would be little, officers are expecte to be be fitter than soldiers in most regiments or corps.


But the biggest difference in fitness requriements would be between difference corps or regiments


An officer applying for the Parachute Regiment, Infantry would need a better run time than an officer Applying for Royal Artillery who would not require as a good of a run time as the Parachute Regiment but would be required to lift heavier amounts and have more upper body strength because of their job|||The difference is there but no sa great as one would think. A sergeant is far more capable than an inexperienced 2nd lieutenant straight out of university. The differences in requirement is more academic than physical. You need a university degree for a direct commission.

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