How to differentiate personnel's rank during PT? Choice #2 worked amazingly in Hawaii.

I would say choice #2 should work well in any unit or branch easy to tell who is who

If we made a uniform by sewing together a series of PT Belts, would we still have to wear a PT Belt?

It seems to me that during pt, everyone in the event knows each other, what is the point of colored belts

I also like option #2. But, what about do as we do in BCT where we wear vests with our rank and name on a white name tape? I find that pretty easy to identify individuals rather quickly.

It is really very simple. If you are in the Army and conducting PT look at the formation. Ok who's in front of it or behind it while stationary. That is going to be the person in charge. While running generally on the side or again in front. The way you learn their rank is to identify yourself. This is SFC Evans who am I speaking to and who is in charge of this formation. It's not hard when in charge be in charge. Some would argue well that person could lie. Who cares if you conduct yourself professionally the rank isn't going to matter because you treat all Soldiers with dignity and respect.

GET RID OF REFLECTIVE BELTS!!! The reflective PT Belt is not required by Army Regulation, but it is often included in base policy or unit SOP. Why? Monkey see, monkey do? That's the way we've always done it? Are there really that many Soldiers getting hit by vehicles during company PT? Most Navy and Marine bases only require reflective wear when running on the road in small groups during the hours of dusk or darkness. The Army wants a reflective belt regardless of time of day, type of exercise, location of exercise, size of the group exercising, and even if the underlying PT uniform is reflective. Brilliant! (Frickin' stupid!)

In Alaska we had yellow for E-4 and below, Gold for NCOs and Blue for Officers. I thought it was a great idea because it was a post wide regulation and everyone knew how to approach each belt. It saves the ass chewing, lol.

In Kuwait, we had ranks on the belts and everyone wore yellow glow belts.

Ft. Bliss uses a combination of these two techniques, color coded with rank pinned on worked out very well. On a big installation there are bound to be a lot of people conducting "pt on their own" on the approved run routes, or at the gym. Upon implementation units were given an initial push of the colored belts based on MTOE which were issued out. Too easy.

So since you only had two choices i chose the second one. I guess Battalion must be small because for the most part you know the rank of the SM in your company. And for the most part alot of the E7 and above through the Battalion. But my question is what does rank have to do with PT? Also what does a Sharp complaint and PT have in common? they should not even go together in my mind i can say in my 10 years of PT i did not hit on one female or see a friend hit on one.

Eh? Why would you care about the rank of someone you are running past on the road or doing flutter kicks next to? Unless it's the BC or CG (give a salute and drive on) then just concentrate on your workout.