Would you prefer to work with somebody more physically fit, or with more job proficiency?

Seeing as I would rather have a Master Mechanic working on my car over a PT Stud Lube Technician, MOS/Job proficiency hands down! 

I would rather the person I work with know their job. Any ID-10-T can work out hard and max PT.

If you can't meet language proficiency in my job, you're just taking up space, no matter how high your PT score is.

I can said both are important qualifications, but one is more important then the other. On my opinion Job efficient is more important, because If soldiers do right thinks in their jobs, that take care others soldiers. Physical only take care of you, not the team. But, in our Army, Appearance is very important...

I have worked with both, and I will take the Soldier/NCO/Officer that is job proficiency, now if they are physically fit that is a plus. But, in my experience and it is just lately the ones that are physically fit focus on that more than work,

I agree that it does depend on the job. I think depending on the job, physical fitness is part of the job proficiency. I think everyone needs to be physically fit, so says the Corpsman in me. But if I have two Sailors going up for a job, I will probably go for the one that excels at their rate and knows it inside and out, over someone that can do their job but spends all their time in the gym. I think this is a great question. To go further, I am sure that all of us have had a Sailor, Solider, Marine or possibly Airman that was the picture of physical fitness and is in great shape, but still fails the height/weight/BMI. Common sense needs to come into play, but I am going of on a rant and this should probably be its own discussion........ Cheers, Senior

Both are important elements in the Army but having to pick one; job proficiency is more critical.

Physical Fitness in terms of being capable of doing their job, if their job demands a high level of fitness then yes. all of the active duty jobs require some higher level of fitness but i couldn't care less whether my fellow computer geek can max his PT test, but if he cannot accomplish his share of the work without excess assistance he becomes a drain on the unit and a thorn in my side.

We can work on their physical fitness

As long as the minimum standard for Height/Weight/APFT is met and there are no limiting profiles I can fix fat...  However, MOS/Job proficiency requires capacity which may not be available in everyone.