I have a lot of respect for retired colonel Michael McGurk. Last month the army announced we were ditching the standing-power-throw, aka the ‘yeet’, as part of the new Army Fitness Test (AFT). Mike quickly hammered out an editorial in the Army Times defending the event and decrying the hole in our fitness assessments it leaves behind.
Good post. My nihilistic angel thinks the whole PFT discussion is just a never ending 'bread and circus' for the Army and Marine Corps. I am surprised no one has ever tried to implement the 'wrench dodge' from Dodgeball (I can hear someone saying: "I've never had to do a pullup, but I have had to dodge wrenches"). Or that we don't keep the rope climb as a mandatory event for Company Grade Officers.
I started to write a novel in response, but thought better of it. The sandbag idea is a good one, but what do I know? I think the Army and USMC have needlessly complicated service wide PFTs.
....oh, and GenX called. You're lucky to have that cheese and veggie omelet. Five fingers of death was actually pretty good. It's the "slomelet with ham" from the age before MRE heaters that is the undisputed King of Gross.
The great irony of the death of the yeet is that the regiment also killed the yeet in the 2.0 version of the RAW assessment test. The rangers also
Realized it was a dumb test. The only difference is it was replaced with a standing broad jump, a far better assessment. Since the acft was literally just the raw by another name, we could have just started with the 2.0 version of the test and saved you know two years or so.
Good post. My nihilistic angel thinks the whole PFT discussion is just a never ending 'bread and circus' for the Army and Marine Corps. I am surprised no one has ever tried to implement the 'wrench dodge' from Dodgeball (I can hear someone saying: "I've never had to do a pullup, but I have had to dodge wrenches"). Or that we don't keep the rope climb as a mandatory event for Company Grade Officers.
I started to write a novel in response, but thought better of it. The sandbag idea is a good one, but what do I know? I think the Army and USMC have needlessly complicated service wide PFTs.
....oh, and GenX called. You're lucky to have that cheese and veggie omelet. Five fingers of death was actually pretty good. It's the "slomelet with ham" from the age before MRE heaters that is the undisputed King of Gross.
Anyone who ever had to endure the breakfast omelet should be entitled to immediate 25% disability
The great irony of the death of the yeet is that the regiment also killed the yeet in the 2.0 version of the RAW assessment test. The rangers also
Realized it was a dumb test. The only difference is it was replaced with a standing broad jump, a far better assessment. Since the acft was literally just the raw by another name, we could have just started with the 2.0 version of the test and saved you know two years or so.
So you're saying Ranger's, uh... led the way?