I am being told to go to PT by the command on only 4-5 hours of sleep. As a junior enlisted, how do I solve this problem?

Wow, 4 hours of sleep! Lucky you...

First, I’d go to PT. Then, after you’ve followed the lawful order, ask to see your Platoon Sergeant and or 1SG. By the way, obey and then raise the issue is always the right sequence unless doing so will result in illegal, immoral, or unethical behavior.

re-up, re-up you’re crazy, re-up, re-up you’re out of your mind, my opinion in a nut shell...

Ready to re-up? Embrace the suck.

Wah Wah Wah....man it scares me that wussie like this are in the Military. How about 3 days with only a few hours snatched when possible. I know a guy who went through his training as a CIVILIAN PA .. forced to work 24 - 36 hrs straight with only grabbing some sleep in an empty hospital room and had to be back at it within hours. Asleep standing up. A former SEAL dropped out. Why this grueling treatment? So that in real life situations you could function under conditions that may come close to or exceed that training. The excuse given here of being medical is nothing more than elitist crap. I served as a Marine I want my Corpsman to be able to cut it at least as mich as we had to... ITR...18 hrs in the field..back to a wooden hutch..clean weapons, go outside in the cold rain, jump a muddy drainage ditch to get to the head. Clean up. Return in the rain and mud, jump the ditch, hit the rack, get rousted after 2-hrs for a fire drill and rifle inspection. Return to barracks. Get ready for another day in the field. Go to chow. Ooops..chow hall closing. Only toast and coffee. Back to barracks. Fall out. Wait in rain for trucks that were always late. Get on trucks. Arrive at training site in the middle of a highly forested nowhere. Begin the days training. Then do it all again 5 days a week. Sorry cupcakes. Suck it up ot go home. You are NOT wanted in the field.

Ruck up and soldier, soldier.

You do what ordered to do. You're in the military. Quit your whining.

Is it possible you've forgotten you voluntarily joined the U.S. Army, not the Salvation Army? You are training for, and must remain prepared to, go to war. Once on the line where bullets are flying you might not, and probably won't, get much sleep for days. Ask anyone, from any service branch, who has been there.

Your 1SG isn't there to tuck you into bed. He's there to keep you ready, and hopefully alive. Whether you're getting lack of sleep is due to having recently come off duty, or returning from a late night/early morning in town isn't the priority.

Your readiness is. Your ability to survive and have the back of you buddy is.

The military owns you and doesn’t care about your comfort. Pt is a requirement at many commands and it is not something you can pick and choose IF you want to go or not. “Suck it up buttercup”.
I had really bad bronchitis, coughing hard and like crazy. People thought I was dying. This was wintertime and we still has to wear our short shorts and brown Tshirts. I was in the Navy by the way. Our pt instructor was a Seals dropout. So he was rough and by the book. We could not be out of the pt uniform at any time. The senior chief felt bad for me and gave me me his big command issued jacket to use since I was sick. This stupid new low ranking officer told me to take it off. I yelled at him that Senior gave me his jacket and he’s been in longer and has more authority. I told them guy Ive been in longer than him and I wasn’t going to listen to him. So this jerk goes to the commander throwing a fit, al just because I was wearing a jacket to pt. He made me take it off, though Senior in everyones eyes was more seniority since he had been in for so long snd I was coughing my lungs out.
But bottom line, the military doesn't care. They own you and you do as they say.

Ok, I’m going to be honest here. Suck it up and trooper on. I’ve had to do more with less sleep. I did a shooting range after having CQ and no sleep, I lived and the 1SG gave me the rest of the week off afterwards. Just do it and NOT make any waves.