Originally Posted by
atw_abn
I doubt many people on this board disagree with the overall analysis of this article. However, if you’re in the military (at least the US military) you are going to have to run. You can explain to your squad leader all day how your squat max is more important than your two mile time, but he isn’t going to care and you’re still going to get substandard evaluations. And if you keep falling out of your unit’s morning runs you’re gonna be the platoon pariah.
As a field grade officer I now have a lot of leeway in regards to what I do for PT. I took the new US Army ACFT and did better than all the other officers in my brigade. So, my leadership doesn’t really give me a hard time anymore and just think I’m a meathead. I don’t think lower enlisted Soldiers can have that sort of freedom. It’s a tough nut to crack.