Posted on May 14, 2015

Should Sergeant Audie Murphy Candidates be required to score a 300 on an APFT to gain membership to the club?

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I am not a SAMC member, however, I recently became aware of the requirement for candidates to score a 300 on the APFT. I personally do not think it is fair to our service members who have permanent profiles who can only compete two events on the APFT, considering the fact that membership in SAMC is considered a (+) for promotion to senior ranks. By excluding a Soldier who can't score a 300, who has given a 100% throughout his or her career and sustained an injury that prevents them from competing, we give other Soldiers who can compete in all 3 AFPT events, and unfair advantage. I have known some really great NCOs who have sustained injuries on airborne operations or even in vehicle accidents through no fault of their own, who I think are outstanding NCOs, who would not be eligible to compete. I guess the additional question is whether or not a Soldier with a permanent profile can be the best of the best. Or should we remove SAMC membership from promotion consideration.

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SFC Stephen King

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SFC King, are you a SAMC member? I am wondering whether different chapters have different rules. I am not a member and my knowledge of the Club is limited. I have met members of the SAMC who say it is a requirement to score a 300 on the APFT and others who say you don't. I am asking because I know of several senior NCOs who are not eligible to compete for SAMC because of permanent profiles. Before I raise the issue, I wanted to know if this is a local standard or club standard? I have two bad knees from being Airborne but I was fortunate to make SGM without SAMC, however, if I were a young SSG or SFC, according to the rules "here", I would not be eligible to compete for SAMC induction.

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I am not sure I am understanding the response. I am not debating the worth of the club. I have quite a few friends who are members and do great things. I am talking about membership. To clarify. Our organization requires a Soldier to score a 300 on the APFT. If a SM has a permanent profile, he or she can not score a 300 on the APFT so they are ineligible to compete to be in the club, regardless of their desire to give back to the Army, community, Soldiers and their families. And we know the Army preaches that being a Member in the SAMC helps with promotion, but our local club excludes those same profiled Soldiers from competing.

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SFC Stephen King

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SGM I am not a member I do have a permanent profile as well. I have been nominated 4 times unfortunately not able to get to the board. That being said I do know active members who have expressed both views of profiles.

I recommend this site I have used in before as a reference:

http://www.audiemurphy.com/samc.htm