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rangerrebew

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Army aims for more combat-ready troops with new fitness test
« on: February 07, 2019, 01:41:36 pm »
Army aims for more combat-ready troops with new fitness test
By LOLITA C. BALDOR yesterday
 

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Army soldiers struggle to haul heavy sleds backward as fast as they can down a grassy field at Fort Bragg, filling the brisk North Carolina morning air with grunts of exertion and the shouts of instruction from their coaches.

Watching from the sidelines, Sgt. Maj. Harold Sampson shakes his head. As a military intelligence specialist he spends a lot of time behind a desk. Over his two decades in the Army, he could easily pound out the situps, pushups and 2-mile run that for years have made up the service’s fitness test.

https://apnews.com/51c2801133f5477488c0723bc0d6ee8f
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Re: Army aims for more combat-ready troops with new fitness test
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2019, 01:43:46 pm »
I don't know if the powers that be can't see it or they see it and can do nothing about it, but it seems to me PC is infesting the military to it's detriment.  :reaper: