Does any Army regulation actually speak on using physical training as a means of corrective action ("getting smoked")?

SGT Matthew Einsla
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http://www.signal.army.mil/OLD/ig/docs/CorrectiveTrainingCorrectiveActionGuideNov2011.pdf

AR 600-20 Army Command Policy & Procedure
AR 27-10 Military Justice
FM 27-1 Commander’s Legal Guide
FM 7-22.7 NCO Guide

Use Common Sense…Treat Soldier they way you want to be treated!

FM 7-22 October 2012

High Intensity/Volume Training Sessions
5-14. Soldiers commonly refer to these training sessions as “smoke sessions.” Many times in these types of sessions, the difficulty, intensity, and volume of exercise is too high and the purpose may be to punish Soldiers by bringing them to the point of exhaustion. This type of training is a dangerous practice that inhibits building resiliency because performance is degraded, motivation is lowered, and risk of injury is high. Thus, training sessions for the sole purpose of “smoking” Soldiers have no place in the PRT system. Many times, these sessions produce life-threatening conditions for Soldiers, such as, heat fatalities, debilitating overuse injuries, and rhabdomyolysis and may lead to permanent disability or death.

Corrective Action
5-15. When exercise is used for corrective action, it is often performed incorrectly, promoting overtraining syndrome, and overuse injuries. Often corrective action mimics “smoke sessions,” punishing Soldiers with little or no corrective value. Consideration must be given to the number of times per day exercises are used for corrective action for individual Soldiers and groups of Soldiers to avoid the cumulative effect and limit the potential for overtraining syndrome. The following guidelines should be followed when employing exercise as corrective action.

 Only the following exercises should be selected for performance of corrective action.
 Rower.
 Squat bender.
 Windmill.
 Prone row.
 Push-up.
 V-up.
 Leg tuck and twist.
 Supine bicycle.
 Swimmer.
 8-count push-up.
 Only one of the above exercises may be selected for each corrective action.
 The number of repetitions should not exceed FIVE for any one of the exercises listed above.

NOTE: Some leaders use the By-the-numbers method for the FIVE reps.