Profile PT

[SGT Tavin]

My current unit has come up with the great idea of having profiles that say "run at own pace and distance" in their own run group. Has anyone seen this before? I though the idea of run at own pace and distance for permanent profiles was so that they could still be deployed. Now some of the Soldier will go out there and run/jog for a bit then fall out and walk their pace. Others are pushing themselves too hard. It is weeding out those that could maybe come off profile or having it re-evaluated.
I think my biggest problem is the fact that some of the senior leadership has chewed out Soldier for be broke. I don’t understand this?

[HairyEyeball]

I think my biggest problem is the fact that some of the senior leadership has chewed out Soldier for be broke. I don’t understand this?

As one with more than a passing familiarity with the English language, I don't understand this. Who are you, and what are you attempting to say?

[SGM]

Seeing how this was your first post, maybe you should go to the new members section and give an intro.

Second - If you are active duty, and a SGT, then you have been in the Army a couple days. Being an NCO, that means you should understand something about leadership. If not, then this is the reason the Army made a bad mistake in assuming all are leaders and then did away with the SPC ranks.

[Javelin66]

Oddly enough, the idea behind the 'run at own pace and distance' profile is to allow those soldiers to run at their own pace and distance. They really should come up with a better name for this (Shooter, that was sarcasm).

You see, this is different from 'running at the unit's pace and distance'. It lets the leadership know that despite being injured or sick, the Soldier can still do some PT. For instance, if the unit is doing a Friday 5 miler, these Soldiers break off into their own group (supervised by an NCO such as yourself), and run at their own pace and distance. Some may walk the whole distance, some may jog part of the distance, some may do nothing. It would be based on how that Soldier assesses his own ability.

If the profile is temporary, the Soldier should be counseled in writing about how long the profile will last and how long he will have to recover. If it is permanent, he should be counseled that he still has to maintain height/weight standards as well as the nature of his alternate PT test (walk, bike, or swim). The purpose of the profile is not to skirt the rules to make the Soldier deployable, it is to get the soldier as healthy as possible as soon as possible by specifically identifying what physical activities he can and cannot do. This protects the Soldiers overall health and helps the leadership assess the Soldiers role in the organization.

Your unit is doing the right thing by making sure that Soldiers are doing the best PT possible given their injury or illness.