Thursday, July 1, 2021
Until recently, the USAF had the toughest physical fitness standards. They are now back to "chair force" levels where most servicemen can easily walk their way through the exam. Obviously, and not surprisingly, someone at the top of the food chain had his head up his ass. The old standardswere too tough. The Air Force was losing its most experienced soldiers (I still can't bring myself to use their ridiculous term: "war fighter") who couldn't run as fast as twenty year old Marines.This proved detrimental because the service lost years or decades of experience every time that a veteran mechanic was kicked out because he couldn't meet the new standards. The solution should have been a PT test that took age into account given the older, more experienced, men more time to complete their runs. The exam should have required older men to pump out fewer push-ups and sit-ups in order to pass. Being a mostly technical force, the Air Force should also have adopted different requirements for the nerdy techs than it did for security forces Unfortunately, policy-makers never seem to get it right. The military always seems to be run by low IQ political types, instead of the apex soldiers who should be in charge. The military suffers for it and so does the nation. https://www.rt.com/usa/528047-airforce-fitness-walking-pentagon-soft/