Posted on Feb 27, 2014
If you earned the APFT Badge, would you wear it?
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In today's army, we harp on pushing PT and scoring as high as we can. Sometimes even pushing soldiers until they get injured. Then when someone earns an APFT Badge they never are awarded it, wear it or sometimes would be advised not to wear it. If we push this hard on PT and a soldier earns a Badge why shouldn't they wear it? Would you? I mean, when we PCS we get an award just for PCSing and you take pride in wearing that award. So why not take pride in wearing the APFT Badge when you earned it. Why is it so down played?
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I wear mine to show my Soldiers that if I can earn it after so many years in service and my age, they sure can do it too
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WO1 (Join to see)
You are a great role-model SFC Dominguez, but sadly it seems as if DLI just stopped awarding them one day.
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Honestly I would not wear it. It's more of a personal accomplishment than anything else. Also I shouldn't have to wear a badge for someone to be able to look at me and tell that I am in shape. I have heard similar responses from Drill Sergeants. I have only seen 1 person ever wear the badge, and to be completely honest I thought he was a total douche.
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LCpl Larry Morgan
lol....got to brag a bit on the Corps...….badges to show you are "in shape" are not needed, to be a Marine requires that as a minimum. But on the post itself, most (not all), badges and emblems, and of course medals are awarded and earned for "personal accomplishments". Unless required by regs or your CO.....who cares if you wear or not. I personally was proud of what was awarded to me, I earned them the hard way.
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LCpl Larry Morgan
1LT Mitch Nihart Sr - lmao.....good picture or maybe a better description would be disgusting picture, but that is not a Marine.
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SFC (Join to see)
I understand where you are coming from. But we are not an Army of individualism. Use that accomplishment to become a MFT or to motivate others.
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Is the phrase 'tool' now taught to our future leaders?
Please clarify what you mean by 'tool' or use a more professional word/phrase in your title.
Please clarify what you mean by 'tool' or use a more professional word/phrase in your title.
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Cadet CPL (Join to see)
Someone whose ego far exceeds his talent, intelligence, and likeability. But, of course, he is clueless regarding that fact. He erroneously thinks he is hot shit.
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CPL Will Hamilton
Cadet CPL (Join to see) Referring to the type of leader that soldiers hate. The SSG who preys on weaker soldiers to show their superior status. One that wears an APFT badge not to really encourage, but to remind others around them they are the best at all tasks. This “Tool” is very common in the army I served in and erodes morale, encourages hazing, shuns soldiers who arent apparently “hard”. This is a loose definition yet it seems to encompass many NCO’s(less but some officers) and indirectly stigmatizes psychological illness(leading to less care), same goes for suicide, and smothers communication between ranks. So yes “Tool” would be the word in my opinion. Although it is difficult to say the exact nature of what a “tool” is this word, albeit slang characterizes people who are rarely set straight in our military even though all people of have served knows many and probably stands beside 2-3. Make it an award to wear with Class A’s.
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