How does your Commander's performance on their PT test influence your opinion of them?

The Substance of a commanders character is worth far more than his PT schedule. I honestly believe that if a soldier thinks less of his CO because he failed a PT test, it is really due to several other failures to gain that respect in the first place. That being said Gentleman, we would generally prefer to respect you while you are alive; so, just make sure that you aren't so out of shape that it becomes overly hazardous to your life, please.

I did have a few fail and it does make you wonder just how much it all matters to them.

Sometimes it's Better to have a Good Mind over A GREAT Body.

Honestly, of they passed that was all that mattered, as long as they didn't demand their soldiers maintain more than they could. What mattered is where they were when it mattered, combat/field/late days/squad competitions/ect..

as long as their able to properly execute a correct PU and SU... I’m good with that! Hate when I see senior leaders do it in correctly and get away with it. Just saying ;)

I believe that all leaders should lead by example. Until I retired, I could pass a PT test on the 17-21 year old age scale. How will a leader motivate subordinates if he or she is not out front? Yes an officer should excel at PT as well as any other measurable item that the Soldiers are held to. This mean the commander needs to shoot well. The commander needs to know his or her warrior tasks and battle drills. Being a commander means setting the tone for the organization, and most commanders want that tone to be one of excellence.

70 in each event is the minimum acceptable anything below that needs improvement

I think it’s important. As a private immediately noticed my Commander was a stud at PT day one at the unit when he lead an AGR run. As a private I did not have a clue what he did in all the meeting and all the planning he did but one thing I saw and always noticed that he excelled at PT and it made me respect the hell out of him

I never understood the attitude towards a PT score. The Army has a standard. As long as you meet/exceed the standard, you should be good right? I guess not. I’ve never had issues passing an APFT, but I stopped maximizing the score after about 4-5 years in. To maintain a PT badge, unit at the time made us take an APFT like every other month. That sucked, so I’d fall just below that radar. What happened? I was given a completely different label...a failure. I never fell out of runs or gave up during PT sessions. I’ve personally only seen one CDR in my Army career take an APFT. I personally don’t care. It’s not usually the CDR talking trash about PT scores though. It’s almost always 1SG/CSM. I wanna see what those scorecards at the Academy look like.

They should pass the pt test,I know most of the E7–E9’s. Couldn’t come close to passing and they were extremely hard on the lower ranks if the couldn’t so how can you respect a leader with that attitude