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?

Chief, that's right up there with "this will look good on your eval." Those are words I learned not to believe as an MM2.

Yeap, if you 're younger and single

CPT (Join to see) - Considering I've made it farther in the armed forces that you have, I'm going to guess that I'm probably a better judge of that than you are. But thank you for your opinion. I'm sure you think it's worth something.

LCDR (Join to see) - Sir, You certainly have reached a higher rank than I have. Then again you probably weren't wounded as I was.
The Navy and the Army are very different organizations and attract different types of individuals. The Navy like the Air Force (not an insult) attract very intelligent and technical types (except for NSW ;). While the Army has its share of intelligent individuals we are the ones that need to march 20 miles plus in the rain or over the mountains conduct an ambush and then figure a way to get back out. We always have plans for the latter but more often than not the friction of war seems to catch up once you have made contact with the enemy.
I hope that you will forgive me for the snarky remark, you deserved better (I am not being insincere).

CPT (Join to see) - No worries. We've all been there.

While I haven't been wounded in combat, do come at the situation with a mustang's perspective. I hit boot camp in July of 1994 and made it to E-6 before I sold my soul and went to the dark side. During that time, I've worked in steam plants and fought fires. I respect the need for "just do what I told you" as much as any other military leader (except for the Space Force).

That said, though, there's also a time and place for a Soldier to speak up for herself. The circumstance she was given were absurd. Doesn't mean she can't do them. But I question a leader who would tolerate that condition for a long period of time. As I said elsewhere, if I made a habit of bringing my guys in five hours after shift, every workday.. the CO would have me thrown out of his squadron without hesitation. That's what's happening with her - she's being told to do something that it would never occur to a leader to tell the bulk of the troops to do - again, not on occasion, but as her normal work schedule for months or years.

The correct answer, of course, is for her to do what she's told... but also speak to her chain of command. If her chain of command doesn't want the inconvenience of PTing her (and others like her) an hour before her shift, then they're making her shoulder the burden of their own laziness.

I also understand that when you're operational, you don't always get the sleep you want. I had the privilege of being the Detachment Maintenance Office (DETMO) for the helo squadron embarked aboard the USNS Comfort during hurricane Maria recovery in Puerto Rico. Neither my maintainers nor I got much sleep (and what sleep I did get, I cut into to hit the gym), but we knew that was part of the game. That said, though, it would have been absurd to ask them to hit 16-hour days back at homeguard without good reason (such as getting a detachment out the door).

That's the point I'm getting to. As leaders, we need to take care of our troops. Beat them when you need to - we're in the military after all. But when you can, you need to give them a break. Or as a chief once told me, there are enough bad deals in the Navy to go around - we don't need to go making our own.

LCDR (Join to see) - Thank you.

And this answer is why we have NCOs!

Not a big fan of taking care of your Sailors, eh Senior?

You're a soldier now, so Man-up. Don't tell me I don't understand the Medical Life, I was an Operating Room Supervisor for 42 years out of a 48 year career and never missed a PT requirement!