A top Army enlisted leader laments the (sometimes) sorry state of soldier fitness
By: Meghann Myers   1 day ago
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ― During a panel Tuesday at AUSA’s Global Force Symposium, the top enlisted soldier at Training and Doctrine Command fielded an audience question about whether the difficulty of the Army’s new fitness test could turn American youth off from joining.
His message: It’s tough, but everyone’s going to have to deal with it.
“The feedback that we’re getting is, test scores are OK,†Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Guden said of the 63-battalion pilot in progress now. “There was, and there probably still is, a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands. But I will tell you that as you introduce these new standards, and as you educate folks on the new standards, and train them to those new standards — and this is not surprising, however, a lot of people are surprised about it — we will rise to the challenge.â€
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/27/a-top-army-enlisted-leader-laments-the-sometimes-sorry-state-of-soldier-fitness/
