Fitness:
Mid Thigh Pull 46kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.9m
2km run 11m 15s (11m 30s for Junior Entry)

An infantryman needs:

Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
2km run 10m 15s

A chef needs:

Mid Thigh Pull 46kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.9m
2km run 11m 15s (11m 30s for Junior Entry)

there is different requirements

requirement for infantry soldier

Fitness:
Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
2km run 10m 15s

This is the key point

beat me to it

For your opinion to be valid

I'll conceed that

you would also need to make literally all requirements exactly the same

To an extent

Since those roles risk combat

Front-line combat

However nowhere near as much

I think the requirement should be the same though a Chef should be just as combat effective as an infantryman if he is serving on the front lines

they will never be 4ST

Not in current warfare such as counter insurgency

Training is different once past basic

But very much so in maneuver warfare

Where the army is moving back to and focusing on again

4ST?

your name

i cba typing it all

ah makes sense now hahaha

Every soldier does basic

people normally go with 4sided so through me.

Next phase is different depending on profession

So REME will do engineering training

etc

Learning how to work on tanks

Infantry will hit advanced infantry tactics

A infantryman will ALWAYS be much more proficient and have more demanded of them physically than REME or a chef

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuver_warfare

"Maneuver warfare advocates that strategic movement can bring about the defeat of an opposing force more efficiently than by simply contacting and destroying enemy forces until they can no longer fight. Instead, in maneuver warfare, the destruction of certain enemy targets (command and control centers, logistical bases, fire support assets, etc.) is combined with isolation of enemy forces and the exploitation by movement of enemy weaknesses."

What's your thoughts on a reduced number of soldiers but with a higher degree of training and higher physical requirements. Infantry + but not SAS

"the destruction of certain enemy targets (command and control centers, logistical bases, fire support assets, etc.) is combined with isolation of enemy forces and the exploitation by movement of enemy weaknesses"

What we have now 4ST

They are THE target in Maneuver warfare

We spend almost double on a standard soldier than the US spend on a marine

and the training is longer

I'm thinking to an even greater degree Josh