If the distance for the PT test run was 2.13 miles, am I still allowed to dispute it and request a retest?

What if you shot and get a score 185 but 3 or 4 out of the 50 rounds you used were duds, would it just be shoot better next time or would you asked for more rounds.

So when you go to the rifle range and the range master sets your targets at 429, 529, and 729 yards instead of 200, 300, and 500 yards we are suppose to tell you it ISN'T a mile stone that isn't impossible to do? When your "UNQ" prevents your promotion, we are suppose to tell you that it isn't impossible? When you get written up for your UNQ and assigned extra duties, we are suppose to tell you it isn't impossible? When the Marines that do shoot a qualifying score on the extended rifle range are awarded a lower rifle score that wrongly reduced their cutting score so they get passed over for promotion, telling you that you should shoot better will somehow right the wrongdoing committed by the range master for making your unit fire at targets a mere 0.13 miles farther away than regulations say the target should be placed? If you increase the 3 mile run time of everyone in your unit by 15%, what is that going to do to everyone's cutting score? Are your penalized Marines going to fair as well against non-penalized Marines when it comes time for promotion?

I think your assessment of the 2.13 mile APFT course and the consequences of this leadership failure are well off target. "No impact, no idea"

Let's say you retirement check didn't come in would you call and complain or would you just suck it up because you should be saving enough to cover it and working another job after retirement. It's only 1 paycheck out of all those you ever receive should we just say suck it up BILL GATES and save more money.

Speaking of FAILS. Now that you belittled this PFC seeking guidance, perhaps you could offer words of wisdom to the Soldiers who were denied promotion because the extra 229 yards they were forced to run at the end of their 2 mile run added 15% on to their run time. Which in turn dropped their AFTP score resulting in far fewer promotion points.

A 20 y/o male PT stud that always scores 300 will have to cut over 50 second from his run time to score 100 on a 2.13 mile course. Anyone that would score less than 74 on a 2 mile course will only earn a 60 on the 2.13 mile course. Everyone slower than a 74 will simply fail the 2.13 mile run.

A 20 y/o male SPC/CPL that drops from 274 APFT score to a 260 APFT score will lose 24 promotion points. Thats like handing out a Meritorious Service Medal (25pts) to all his competition on the Jr Enlisted Promotion Board simple because they only ran 2 miles, while he ran 2.13 miles.

How does chastising this PFC or telling him to run faster address the leadership failures and all the consequences of their inability to accurately measure 2 miles?

Let’s just say he needs to get on the track and run. A little less junk food more work out etc etc. Like i said more effort less complaint. Perhaphs if he is looking for promotion that should be his motivstion to do something about it. If he has problems with running then maybe he should run more. I was a PFC once i know what is like not to di anything on time off. Out of the barracks and into the tracks. That is was wrong with todays generation of soldiers we are teaching them to comolaint to much. I failed plenty of PT TEST in my esrly years and had no choice but to get out there and run every day in order ti improve, not once i complained or blame anyone but me about it. Is called BE ALL YOU CAN BE. Take it serious and blame no one. To simple to do. After all that is what we all signed for.

Did your marathon clock stop at 13.5 miles or 13.63 miles? Did you lose any promotion points? Did it cost you a promotion or drop your name lower down on the PPRL?