An old Air Force recruiting video in which a military instructor claims trainees are in better shape than most Marines just won’t go away. The Air Force removed the video from its website in 2009, but it in the world of social media, nothing really dies, so it was recently resurrected on Facebook. The 57-second video of trainees exercising is narrated by an unnamed elite “blue rope” military training instructor, who says that a common misconception is that the Air Force has the easiest PT standards of the military services. “Actually, we are the hardest when it comes the PT…
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Tell Us: Are you comfortable telling your supervisor and others in your chain of command that you are working too many hours when you include your job, mandatory training, professional military education, PT and your commute to and from work? Have you tried telling your chain of command that you are overworked or you don’t have the staff to supervise all of your airmen? Please email senior writer Jeff Schogol at jschogol@airforcetimes.com or call him at 703-750-7436. Your comments may be used in a story.
The Eifel Powerhaus fitness center is offering t-shirts to individuals who reach certain weight lifting milestones as part of a new fitness campaign from Oct. 1 through the end of September 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Warren/Released)
Spangdahlem airmen can not only mold their arms before an upcoming PT test, they can train to be weightlifting champs. The Eifel Powerhaus fitness center at the German base launched two yearlong programs in October to get airmen to work toward new fitness goals. The first program, known as the Wall of Fitness, features a weightlifting competition broken down into different classes. For each weight class, competitors must complete three lifts: bench press, deadlift and squat. The participant with the highest total weight after all three lifts will claim the spot for their weight class on the Wall of Fitness.…
Police and the FBI are hunting for a bank robber disguised as an airman who can’t pass the tape test. Kansas City authorities say what appears to be “a heavy-set woman” wearing an Air Force PT jacket and pants combo is the suspect behind a bank robbery and an attempted bank robbery on Monday in Missouri, Fox4KC reports. The suspect was also seen wearing a winter-style Skull cap, dark sunglasses, black gloves and carried a laptop-style black bag. The suspect reportedly walked up to a teller at a Capitol Federal Savings inside of a Price Chopper supermarket in the Northland…
Is that ankle sprain getting worse? Your knee acting up again? Maybe it’s time to consult someone who isn’t WebMD. Now you can “Ask the Expert,” an online program military members and DoD civilians can use to submit questions to sports medicine experts. Under a new partnership between the Air Force Medical Service and the Defense Department’s Human Performance Resource Center, airmen can consult HPRC experts on sports medicine, physical therapy, exercise physiology, athletic training, nutrition and more, according to an Air Force release. “All Air Force healthcare providers — whether active duty, Guard, Reserve, civilian, or contractor — need…
Many observed President Obama pay homage at the Pentagon yesterday to the nearly 3,000 victims who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. But by nightfall, another commemoration ceremony was gathering — 50 service members joined together to give each rep, each lunge, each workout move in honor of the victims who died 13 years ago. Army Staff Sgt. River Mitchell, a chef in the secretary of defense mess at the Pentagon, planned the workout of the day — or “9/11 Tribute WOD” — so that his fellow comrades could test their strength on behalf of the fallen in a unique way,…
Air Force Times wants to know: How’s the PT test going? How has the PT test changed for you since the instruction was updated in October? Is the new waist tape rule tougher than the old one? If you’ve failed the waist measurement, have you been referred to the BMI measurement? If you’ve also failed BMI, what’s the next step for you? What components of the PT test – situps, pushups, waist measurement, run – have been the most challenging for you? Sound off below or email Oriana Pawlyk at opawlyk@airforcetimes.com. Your comments may be used in an upcoming Air Force…
The end of the government shutdown paves the way for permanent change-of-station moves and professional military education classes to resume. This week’s Air Force Times has more about these issues and how much of a pay raise you can expect next year. Before you brag about how well you did on your last PT test, read about 2nd Lt. Samantha Morrison, the third-fastest nonprofessional female athlete n the world who recently competed in the Ironman World Championships. Also this week, Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson talks to Air Force Times about being the Air Force Academy’s first female superintendent. Speaking of…
The end of the government shutdown paves the way for permanent change-of-station moves and professional military education classes to resume. This week’s Air Force Times has more about these issues and how much of a pay raise you can expect next year. Before you brag about how well you did on your last PT test, read about 2nd Lt. Samantha Morrison, the third-fastest nonprofessional female athlete n the world who recently competed in the Ironman World Championships. Also this week, Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson talks to Air Force Times about being the Air Force Academy’s first female superintendent. Speaking of…
Get a first look at the strict Body Mass Index and body fat standards for airmen who fail the waist measurement part of the PT test but receive a composite score of 75 on the rest of the test The Air Force has not officially announced what the standards will be, but an internal document obtained by Air Force Times shows what is planned. Also this week, airmen struggle to pass the PT test months after giving birth. Read how one airman was so convinced she would fail the test that she had someone stab her in the stomach to…
