At what rank should Soldiers be exempt from organized PT?

Unit PT should be just that unit PT. Stretch as one group and then possibly break down into age groups not rank. PT scores are predicated on age and sex NOT rank. In addition, when Soldiers, NCOs, and young officers see Senior Officers at PT it reinforces why they are out there in all types of weather. When I was in HHC, 2nd Bde, 82nd Abn Div, The Bde Cdr, his Officers and Senior NCOs took their PT tests in front of the unit. Unfortunately, even in this day and age, too many Officers and Senior NCOs pencil PT tests. Do it right or get out!

Never. Organized PT is about more than physical training.

No rank should be exempt got to be in shape at all rank

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Never.

OK, I have 2 answers to this question.

1 - When you are promoted to civilian.

2 - Is this seriously a question? What state has our military slipped to that this is an actual inquiry.....

When they retire! Sergeants Major and generals do go into combat! They should NOT be a burdon on thosr under them!

NONE! That is the simple answer. Throughout my military career, even under a medical profile, there existed "Modified" PT requirements. I think that protocol must be maintained.

When I was in the seagoing Navy, there were very few fat sailors, and those that were had been told to lose it or else. During the Kennedy years, every sailor, commissioned or enlisted had to periodically qualify in running, pull-ups, etc. annually. In that period, aboard one of my destroyers, I was the PE Petty Officer, probably because I had my own very visible regimen of daily exercise, and had very few sailors flunk the quals that I supervised. But when I did flunk someone, he didn't stay that way very long. The bottom line is that the service has to demand that all service members periodically exhibit a decent level of fitness, whether or not it's through PE or a personal program, commissioned or enlisted. This may be far more essential for ground forces, but in my opinion there is a proportional relationship between physical fitness and brain power or alertness, so no matter what your duty station you need to periodically display a reasonable level of fitness whatever the mechanism used to get there.

All soldiers should be present for physical training unless there is a special they can't. The higher in Rank, the more responsibility one has to ensure the personnel in their charge are maintaining a physical fitness attitude.