Posted on Mar 17, 2015
How to differentiate personnel's rank during PT? Choice #2 worked amazingly in Hawaii.
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Personally, I think that the different color belts are a much better idea that way you can avoid an unneeded sharp complaint. (some people are petty like that)
Fort Cavazos
Physical Training
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Posted 11 y ago
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When I left Fort Drum they were starting the different color PT belts, E-1 - E-4 wore yellow, NCOs wore green, and officers wore blue. I liked that idea.
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Ft Bliss does the color system with the addition of pin on rank on th belt.
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I say belt only because then it would be universal across the services. I know in the Army you can get away with calling a SSG "Sarge" but in the Marines I am sure you would get "knocked out". And in the Navy you wouldn't want to call a Senior Chief "Petty Officer". If the rank was on the belt or on the uniform itself then you wouldn't have that simple mistake.
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My first unit had the separate colors to separate who was what. They also looked into something for senior leadership such as BN commanders and CSMs.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
I have to ask who doesn't know who the CO/SGM is? I can understand if someone doesn't recognize the Adj or the ASuppo... but not recognizing the CO/SGM is an unforgivable "party foul."
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SSG Christopher Freeman
It's just because in some areas, you can have many different BN/BDE leaders that you may not see on a regular basis or may not be a part of your unit.
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