Sun Glasses while doing PT. Semantics or badly worded AR? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Interesting conversation with another NCO this morning.<br /><br />2 of my soldiers were wearing sunglasses while conducting a release ruck march. <br />Mind you we are in Fort Carson, and one of the first thing the CG will tell all newcomers is WEAR YOUR SUNGLASSES when outside, UV Rays are roughly 30% "stronger" due to elevation and thinner/clearer air.<br /><br />So this NCO calls me to the side and asks me why my soldiers are wearing sunglasses during PT to which I replied that they are not in formation and they are outside. In Garrison.<br /><br />He then tells me that they cant wear them because is PT. And there are no sunglasses during PT.<br /><br />So I roughly explained that both AR 670-1 and our own Fort Carson Standards Blue Book specifically tell us that soldiers can wear sunglasses "when in a garrison environment, except when in formation and while indoors".<br />Semantically, BOTH conditions have to be met. Formation AND indoors.<br /><br />Otherwise, the regulation would say formation OR indoors.<br /><br />One way or another, since my soldiers were not in formation, and definitely outdoors, I allowed them to wear their sunglasses.<br /><br />Is this another one of those "this is how we've always done it" things? No sunglasses in PT just because someone doesn't like it? Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:57:39 -0400 Sun Glasses while doing PT. Semantics or badly worded AR? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Interesting conversation with another NCO this morning.<br /><br />2 of my soldiers were wearing sunglasses while conducting a release ruck march. <br />Mind you we are in Fort Carson, and one of the first thing the CG will tell all newcomers is WEAR YOUR SUNGLASSES when outside, UV Rays are roughly 30% "stronger" due to elevation and thinner/clearer air.<br /><br />So this NCO calls me to the side and asks me why my soldiers are wearing sunglasses during PT to which I replied that they are not in formation and they are outside. In Garrison.<br /><br />He then tells me that they cant wear them because is PT. And there are no sunglasses during PT.<br /><br />So I roughly explained that both AR 670-1 and our own Fort Carson Standards Blue Book specifically tell us that soldiers can wear sunglasses "when in a garrison environment, except when in formation and while indoors".<br />Semantically, BOTH conditions have to be met. Formation AND indoors.<br /><br />Otherwise, the regulation would say formation OR indoors.<br /><br />One way or another, since my soldiers were not in formation, and definitely outdoors, I allowed them to wear their sunglasses.<br /><br />Is this another one of those "this is how we've always done it" things? No sunglasses in PT just because someone doesn't like it? SGT Hector Rojas, AIGA, SHA Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:57:39 -0400 2015-08-14T18:57:39-04:00 Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Aug 14 at 2015 7:19 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=890834&urlhash=890834 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Realistically the reg probably should say or but regardless of that. Based on your statement they were not in a formation anyway so they SHOULD (by the regulations you cited) be allowed to wear sunglasses unless someone can pull out a lower level guidance that further restricts its. <br /><br />On the AF side it is no sunglasses inside OR in formation just for a compare and contrast. TSgt Joshua Copeland Fri, 14 Aug 2015 19:19:20 -0400 2015-08-14T19:19:20-04:00 Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2015 7:41 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=890867&urlhash=890867 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Common sense dictates wear of sunglasses. Few NCOs or officers would challenge such a reasonable precaution. This reeks of busybodies with nothing better to do sticking their nose in training.<br />If the eyewear is APEL approved eye-pro, no one should be dishing out guff.<br />I would have a hard time keeping tactful if some Muldoon approached my ruck march with this junk. 1SG Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 14 Aug 2015 19:41:05 -0400 2015-08-14T19:41:05-04:00 Response by Capt Richard I P. made Aug 14 at 2015 9:20 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=891019&urlhash=891019 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One of the most hilarious quirks of the military is the intersection between practical reality and spit and polish from the 19th century. Capt Richard I P. Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:20:13 -0400 2015-08-14T21:20:13-04:00 Response by CPT Ahmed Faried made Aug 14 at 2015 10:37 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=891153&urlhash=891153 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>you handled it right. CPT Ahmed Faried Fri, 14 Aug 2015 22:37:55 -0400 2015-08-14T22:37:55-04:00 Response by MSgt Darum Danford made Aug 15 at 2015 10:48 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=891733&urlhash=891733 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Our Wing Commanders have the right to supplement our Instructions as well, just like yours did. You handled this one right, some people like to bitch just to hear themselves talk. After all, PT gear is still a uniform. MSgt Darum Danford Sat, 15 Aug 2015 10:48:12 -0400 2015-08-15T10:48:12-04:00 Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 16 at 2015 8:23 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=893226&urlhash=893226 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was the other NCO doing PT while bickering with you? Sounds like one of those guys that wanders around nit picking during PT while not doing any him/herself. CW5 Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Aug 2015 08:23:49 -0400 2015-08-16T08:23:49-04:00 Response by SGT Loren Hammons made Aug 16 at 2015 3:21 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=893821&urlhash=893821 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is a hard one, the policy does not allow for the sun glasses but for safety reasons they should be worn. I had sensitive eyes in the desert and would not be caught without them. But they do make RPGs sunglasses as well. SGT Loren Hammons Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:21:38 -0400 2015-08-16T15:21:38-04:00 Response by SGT David Monahan made Apr 3 at 2016 11:19 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/sun-glasses-while-doing-pt-semantics-or-badly-worded-ar?n=1425203&urlhash=1425203 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>should not be a problem if they are issued .. of course for uniformity sake everyone in formation should be wearing them..... SGT David Monahan Sun, 03 Apr 2016 11:19:24 -0400 2016-04-03T11:19:24-04:00 2015-08-14T18:57:39-04:00