Again the direction we are getting is woolly and unhelpful. What is needed is the following:
1. A clear definition of a standard that generically demonstrates the fitness requirement required to do our war roles. This should be non-gender specific, non-age specific. Certain roles might require a greater level of fitness.
2. An explaination of the standard to the troops (just to appease those of you out there that don't understand why you should be a certain standard of fitness).
3. Introduction of the standard over a realistic timescale, allowing people sufficient time to train for it.
4. Realistic, career limiting sanctions against those that do not achieve the standard.
Make the training classes and facilities available, make the importance very clear and then let individuals get on with it, enough of this nanny state nonsence. CFT would do the trick IMHO, but might be over the top - not for me to decide, but all of us should be prepared to fight and run away. Anyone that thinks otherwise has no imagination.