At what rank should Soldiers be exempt from organized PT?

Only exception I raise is in a combat zone. I had some dumb senior enlisted who wanted organized run and PT sessions. I had organized PT in the facility gym & I think it brought our team closer together. We did organized PT at NMPS & thru training. Some officers exempted themselves.

No rank should be, how can a leader ensure that the standards of the army are being met if they are not there to personally oversee it?

I don't think anyone should be exempt from organized PT. It's part of our lives, it's part of what we do. We all have our abilities, but we need to be part of it. One team, one fight.

hahaha someone already beat me to it. If you are in the military you should do PT.

Agreeing with lots of previous posts, I'll join in with the "performance" crowd. If a Soldier is getting a 300 on a PT test, perhaps that should be reason to be exempted from some (not all) unit PT....as unit PT is about a lot more than physical fitness. However, most of the time, 300 scorers probably can do their own PT during PT time--if they only do Army PT, they won't be 300 scorers much longer.

Rank should never be a reason to be exempted from PT. Conflicting duty might be, though.

Several comments on this thread about how senior NCOs and officers should be exempted. I disagree with those comments. But, at the end of the day, the reality is probably that large numbers of senior NCOs and officers are being exempted (or are self-exempting) from unit PT (we'd need solid data to support this...and i doubt we'd ever see data about how often senior NCOs and officers exempt themselves or are exempted from unit PT). This can only be a bad thing.

The next thing we know, we'll see an Army Times article about how senior NCOs are getting better at PT as they age, at the same time that they're getting taller! (maybe the same would apply to officers; again, would need data).

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140827/NEWS/308270077/Promotion-board-Raters-fudging-facts-senior-NCOs

General of the Army.

For my unit, the only way to get out of Unit PT is to be individually excused (per DAY) by your Flight Superintendent, Sq Superintendent or 1st Shirt.

Brigadier General.

Never. Until your retired, if you can’t pull your weight you should be done. Without a medical waiver of course.

At the same age one becomes exempt from war?