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I always asked myself why does the army always run all the time. we run almost 3 times a week on top on a pt test for 2 miles. To me it's pointless to ever run that far. Can name one time you ran 2 miles on your life to for a reason besides the military that mattered.
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Because the Air Force runs 1.5 and we have to do everything better than them
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Cpl Steve Eaton - The minimum passing run time for the Marine PFT 3 mile run is 28 minutes.
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CMSgt Virgil Horsley - "Pheidippides was sent to run from Marathon to Athens in under 36 hours to announce that there had been a victory against the Persians. He died when arriving to Athens after delivering the message."
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CPL Deanna Green (Parkinson)
Oh that's hilarious, and I thought they rode a bike??? LOL! (No offense intended to my AF com-padres!)
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It's not about the distance, it's about measuring cardio vascular health. The run is an "endurance" test. It's a proxy within a HEALTH test. For whatever reason, people seem to forget that the (A)PFT is nothing more than a simple HEALTH test. It measures basic health metrics; upper body strength (pushups/pullups), core strength (crunches/situps), and cardiovascular endurance (run).
It is not a combat test and was not designed to be one.
It is not a combat test and was not designed to be one.
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GySgt William Hardy
I disagree with the concept. It should be physical fitness combat test like it was done years ago. Running does not make a Marine or Soldier. See my comment about it in another area of this topic.
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funny, I've seen plenty of "PT studs" that could run like the wind on the 2 mile run but couldn't carry their own body weight, much less a 40 pound ruck and other gear, for a 6 mile march. The military does it because it is cheap, easy, relatively quick and requires no special equipment. All the PT test measures is how well you can do push up, sit ups and run. It does not measure overall fitness.
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SPC Douglas Thompson
I was in the opposite group. Struggled making time in the run, but I had no trouble with the 12 mile battalion marches we had in 2ID. As a medic I carried the normal ruck plus my aid bag, about 50# total weight, and passed some of the guys who smoked me in the run.
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SPC Douglas Thompson - Same here. I never struggled making time in the run, always managed to finish with at least a minute to spare. But I could smoke most of the runners on a ruck march. First 6 mile ruck at OBC, I finished almost an hour ahead of the guy who came in 2nd.
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