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Physical Demands Rating

The physical demands rating is a simple rating system developed to tell us how physically hard or easy it is to do our job in combat. It gives the relative physical work requirements of a soldier to perform their MOS when under fire.

The Army created a physical demands analysis that assesses our physical work requirements (in detail) for every entry level MOS.

The physical strength capacity test should be performed under combat conditions. It is designed to assign soldiers to jobs for which they are physically qualified.

The objective of the analysis is to provide gender-free screening of soldiers, even though there are still combat MOSs that are not open to women.

Chapter 9 of DA PAM 611-21 says that there are FIVE PHYSICAL DEMANDS CATEGORIES:

Light	Lift on an occasional basis a maximum of 20 pounds with frequent or constant lifting of 10 pounds.
Medium	Lift on an occasional basis a maximum of 50 pounds with frequent or constant lifting of 25 pounds.
Moderately Heavy	Lift on an occasional basis a maximum of 80 pounds with frequent or constant lifting of 40 pounds.
Heavy	Lift on an occasional basis a maximum of 100 pounds with frequent or constant lifting of 50 pounds.
Very Heavy	Lift on an occasional basis over 100 pounds with frequent or constant lifting in excess of 50 pounds.

My first army MOS was a 68J, Aircraft Armament /Missile Systems repairer. Here is an example of some of the demands of an entry-level armament dawg:

1. Frequently lift/lower and carry 80 pounds.

2. Frequently lift/lower 250 pounds up/down 5 feet and carry varying distances as part of a 3 soldier team (prorated at 83.2 pounds per soldier).

3. Frequently lift/lower and carry 490 pounds as part of a 4 soldier team (prorated at 122.5 pounds per soldier).

4. Must possess finger dexterity.

5. Must possess normal color vision.

The Physical Demands rating was VERY HEAVY - and they weren't kidding! We loaded munitions and missiles on the AH-1 Cobra helicopter. A 750 round box of 20 millimeter rounds is a 4-person lift! As you can see, not all of the requirements include how strong you are. If you can't tell a blue rocket from a green one, pick another job!

This information was obtained from:
Department of the Army Pamphlet 611-21 - Military Occupational Classification and Structure
find it at USAPA.

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