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?

Go to P.T. There, problem solved.

You alleviate this by sucking it up and going to do PT. If you don’t work until 1600, go home, take a nap, go
PT and then go back to sleep after PT. It’s your job to be physically fit and a leader.

Every deployed person has been required to perform with less sleep than that. Suck it up.

The best way to solve this is by staying motivated, stay hydrated and eat healthy. Don't forget to sound off. Five hours sleep is enough to do some PT.
If this doesn't work, file a hurt feelings report under the weak mind category.

God help you if you EVER experience a war deployment. Your grade and MOS won't mean jack when you are turning back an attempt to kill you and you haven't gotten a wink of sleep in 2 or more days. Buckle up buttercup.

You go to PT and do as ordered. Thats how you solve your problem.

You ARE whining and it's very unbecoming of a military person. Don't ever try to become an aircrewman, you WON'T last a week in training. What has happened to the US military???

On duty until 0000 / 2400, you shouldn't be required to be at PT at 0530. Suggest you Have your Section Chief (NCO) ask the 1SGT if your section can do PT at 1400? If that doesn't work, ask the first officer in your chain the same thing. If ALL else fails, work your way up the chain; as a final resort approach the IG. WHATEVER you do - be where you are TOLD to be in the right uniform with a good attitude...even if the whole thing Sucketh.

I worked have worked swing shift 1600-0000. We conducted PT as shifts. My company at the time had three different shifts and every shift would just do pt 1.5hr before their work time. Not sure if your shift already does that but that's not right that you should have to do pt 5.5hrs after work. Having 0000-0500 for personal time doesn't work because nothing is open at that time, can't go to appointments or the store. So your sleep schedule will constantly get messed up. This problem is not black and white but so many are looking at this problem in this thread that way. Sure embrace the suck and shut up, but when the mission and PERFORMANCE OF THE MISSION should come first and this COC is only worried how their formation looks in the morning is a problem. The problem is the Army is everyone is always worried about how something looks. How about we use all these initiatives the army keeps putting out about quality of life for soliders and "This is my Squad" and take care of this solider and help him/her instead of telling them to get over it. When someone commits suicide because of stuff like this how would you feel if you told them to get over it. So many people on Rally point are so quick to criticize and dismiss issues it's embarrassing that this is the community response people get for asking for help.

This is a classic example of so-called 'leadership' being disconnected from reality. Shift work is VERY detrimental to health and morale.
Wouldn't it be better to either 1) make PT part of the shift or 2) have the Soldier log their own PT?
I mean, we do trust them to PT right?