Results from a U.S. Army survey show that female soldiers are not enthusiastic about entering combat positions. Maintaining physical standards for soldiers regardless of sex is nearly universally supported.

“Less than 8 percent of Army women who responded to the survey said they wanted a combat job,” reported The Associated Press, which obtained the results of a preliminary survey of 170,000 soldiers. …

Over 30 percent of surveyed women who said they were open to combat positions wanted to work in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as SOAR or the Night Stalkers, according to the AP. …

Survey respondents showed widespread support for maintaining physical standards regardless of sex. Men worried that relaxed physical standards, such as lower weight-carrying and physical endurance requirements for women, was a “risk to their team,” a deputy chief of staff for Army operations told the AP.