United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-07-09 monographic deposited born digital 19 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-169 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169 P0b002ee18038d6e1 f:ns96169 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169 NSIAD-96-169 Military training Military personnel Women Medical examinations Standards evaluation Testing Military forces Personnel classification Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Letter Report NSIAD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the use and development of gender-neutral occupational performance standards in the military services, focusing on how the services implement and evaluate standards.<p/>GAO found that: (1) each service takes a different approach to screening members' physical fitness; (2) the Air Force is the only service that requires new recruits to take a strength aptitude test; (3) the Air Force uses the results to qualify individuals for their military occupations; (4) the services believe that their approaches to assigning members to physically demanding tasks are appropriate, because they receive few complaints from members about such tasks; (5) the services have few data to assess a members' capability to perform tasks; (6) the Army has systematically collected physical performance data since 1989; (7) the data show that at least 84 percent of the Army members had no problems in completing their tasks; (8) a 1994-1995 survey determined that 51 to 79 percent of members have no problem in completing physically demanding tasks; and (9) the validity of the Air Force's strength aptitude test is questionable because of concerns about the administration, accuracy, and relevance of the tests' physical requirements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-169 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-169 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-169; Physically Demanding Jobs: Services Have Little Data on Ability of Personnel to Perform; Military training Military personnel Women Medical examinations Standards evaluation Testing Military forces Personnel classification Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Title 10 Section 6015 Title 10 Section 8549 10 U.S.C. 6015 10 U.S.C. 8549