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2018-07-11 Government

New Army Fitness Standards. Now.... No Push-Ups, No Sit-Ups

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Minimum of 100 pound ruck carried 12 miles under 4 hours. That's generous. Staff usually keeps adding 'stuff' that it usually is over 130 pounds.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-11 10:09|| 2018-07-11 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 A long time coming, but my prediction is there will soon be NO physical training (PT) test.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-11 10:12|| 2018-07-11 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 My older brother, since retired, watched this coming in the US Navy: "So we don't need to see if a single sailor is strong enough to drag a casualty up a ladder and out of a flooding compartment? Two sailors is enough ... right!?! What if that unconscious sailor was Me!"

Posted by magpie 2018-07-11 11:11|| 2018-07-11 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 my prediction is there will soon be NO physical training (PT) test

When the RAGE finally hits, everyone becomes a soldier.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-11 13:31|| 2018-07-11 13:31|| Front Page Top

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