Depreciation of the APFT Badge??

Personally I could care less what anyone outside of my company thinks of the physical fitness badge. I just had another Soldier in my company earn it and he will have it awarded to him out here in Africa. He also earned it at a previous unit and was not awarded it nor did he want to wear it due to the "stigma". He will wear it on his PT uniform because he earned it. And you know who is going to pay to get it sewn on his PT uniforms? Me! I have done it for other Soldiers that have earned it and will continue to do it until I retire. To me that is taking care of Soldiers and motivating others to achieve it. Just my 2 cents.

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1SG Gomez

Once I get another PSG position which is permanent I strongly pondering the idea of having everyone who has it wear it and do platoon ceremony for them to come in front of our platoon and receive it. In hopes this will make individuals start looking around the formation and not want to be the only person in formation to not have one on. kind of forcing my guys into peer pressure from one another. Thoughts?

I have rarely seen this patch worn in the recent years. At one point the standard was 290, then it dropped to 270. When I was in command, I made a big deal of it. I never had an APFT score under 290, and I never wore this patch.