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Stone Cold · August 19th, 2004, 09:20

The Navy also has a PFT twice a year, but we'd die if we had to do the Marine one.

For the Navy, we have to :
1) Touch your toes while seated, legs straight (not kidding either). [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/insane.gif[/img]

2) Push-ups. My minimums this year were 35, max 100.

3) Sit-ups, crunch type like the Marines; my min was 38, max 100.

4) 1.5 mile run, my minimum time was 14:45 (I think).

Then, we have this huge breakdown of how old you are to what your minimums are...I am in the 31-35 category, and listed my minimums, from what I remember. I have actually been working out early in the AM so I could do a lot better now.

This has no bearing on our promotions, except we have a block on our evals (Enlisted) and fitreps (Officers) that says if you passed or not. If you didn't pass, then you take a hit on your Military Bearing part of the evaluation. We take a test for our rating (job, or MOS) from E-4 thru E-6 for promotion, and depending on the needs of the Navy, that determines who gets promoted.

They are trying to change it because they have had a lot of people that couldn't take tests well, but were awesome in their jobs, but they couldn't get promoted.

August 19th, 2004, 09:20	#3
Stone Cold Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SE US & Kiev Posts: 3,097	Re: Marines PFT The Navy also has a PFT twice a year, but we'd die if we had to do the Marine one. For the Navy, we have to : 1) Touch your toes while seated, legs straight (not kidding either). [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/insane.gif[/img] 2) Push-ups. My minimums this year were 35, max 100. 3) Sit-ups, crunch type like the Marines; my min was 38, max 100. 4) 1.5 mile run, my minimum time was 14:45 (I think). Then, we have this huge breakdown of how old you are to what your minimums are...I am in the 31-35 category, and listed my minimums, from what I remember. I have actually been working out early in the AM so I could do a lot better now. This has no bearing on our promotions, except we have a block on our evals (Enlisted) and fitreps (Officers) that says if you passed or not. If you didn't pass, then you take a hit on your Military Bearing part of the evaluation. We take a test for our rating (job, or MOS) from E-4 thru E-6 for promotion, and depending on the needs of the Navy, that determines who gets promoted. They are trying to change it because they have had a lot of people that couldn't take tests well, but were awesome in their jobs, but they couldn't get promoted.