Posted on Sep 4, 2014
At what rank should Soldiers be exempt from organized PT?
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In the aviation side of the army. The crew dogs rarely did company pt due to crew rest and op tempo. When we did show for pt it was usually running. Nobody ever got exempt from pt because of their pay grade.
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I say SSG and above, there are plenty of other things that we should be doing besides organized PT.
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SSG Maurice P.
In my 13 years in the Marine Corps i never ever seen a Marine Corps Officer or Staff n.c.o
fail a pt test or drop out of a organized pt run never i rarely saw a n.c.o fail or dropout of a organized pt run...OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS GO THRU HARDER TRAINING THAN US ENLISTED...THATS WHY THEY LEAD FROM THE FRONT!!!
fail a pt test or drop out of a organized pt run never i rarely saw a n.c.o fail or dropout of a organized pt run...OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS GO THRU HARDER TRAINING THAN US ENLISTED...THATS WHY THEY LEAD FROM THE FRONT!!!
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I like organized PT at the squad and platoon level. No one should be exempt and the platoon leader needs to be out in front - being the Platoon LEADER.
Company and above is useless. The "staff" show up and walk around in their PT uniforms then start to drift off to conduct individual blackberry exercises such as the thirty second text; and the email scan and delete exercise.
Sorry, I know I sound jaded on this one.
Company and above is useless. The "staff" show up and walk around in their PT uniforms then start to drift off to conduct individual blackberry exercises such as the thirty second text; and the email scan and delete exercise.
Sorry, I know I sound jaded on this one.
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TSgt (Join to see)
As long as your Soldiers are passing their APFT and are in compliance with AR 600-9, then there isn't a leadership issue. Those with a consistent history of APFT scores above 270 and no weight issues should be exempt. Then the leader can mentor and encourage his/her Soldiers to achieve and surpass 270 in order to be allowed to PT on their own. THAT is leadership.
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