{"id":57526,"date":"2015-01-07T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57526"},"modified":"2015-01-07T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:04:06","slug":"the-armys-new-mos-specific-pt-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57526","title":{"rendered":"The Army’s new MOS-specific PT test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave sends us a link to Military.com<\/a> which reports that the Army is looking into an MOS-specific physical training test; in other words, a PT test for an infantryman would be different from that of a truck driver, you know because a truck driver’s job isn’t as physically intensive as an infantryman. Jessica Lynch can fill you in on the details of that particular theory;<\/p>\n

[Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond] Odierno said he saw a recommendation for a new PFT when he first became chief, but it was “inadequate.”<\/p>\n

So he directed training officials to begin looking at qualifications for every MOS. The data collected from the effort will “help us to understand physiologically when we go to war, what are the requirements that we have to have for somebody to be able to do their job under stressful conditions.”<\/p>\n

Sgt. Major of the Army Raymond Chandler III said the effort will help the Army be sure it has the right people in the right jobs.<\/p>\n

“Can you do the physical tasks associated with your MOS?” Chandler said. “If not, let’s see if there is another place where we can help you continue to serve but maybe not in the same MOS.”<\/p>\n

The Army is also looking at standards female soldiers will have to meet if they want to serve in combat-arms units. All of the services have until 2016 to come up with a plan to meet the Pentagon directive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We all know, as in the last war, folks find themselves in situations in which they weren’t trained to respond, Jessica Lynch’s firefight and capture by Iraqis is but one example. I guess this is one way the Army plans to get around the folks who argue that women and men have different PT standards so how can women be expected to function in combat arms units to the same standards as men. So the Army gets around it’s promise to not change standards for women by changing everyone’s standards.<\/p>\n

Can someone explain to me how this helps the Army kill more of our enemies?<\/p>\n

Sorry, that’s just me being subversive again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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