HeyEng Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I doubt this is the first time this has happened: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/08/05/did-airman-offer-bribe-pass-fitness-test-ramstein-officials-investigating.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 "Instead of punishing [the] individual and holding them accountable, the airmen are now required to attend more pt so no one else is in the same situation to fail," Glad to see time honored traditions of AF leadership are alive and well. When one idiot shits their pants, we all wear diapers. Bravo. 👏 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 "the Air Force surgeon general has recommended the waist-to-height ratio as the best method for assessing body composition instead of the long-used tape test." Jimminy Cricket, it's about friggin time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLEA Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, BFM this said: "Instead of punishing [the] individual and holding them accountable, the airmen are now required to attend more pt so no one else is in the same situation to fail," Glad to see time honored traditions of AF leadership are alive and well. When one idiot shits their pants, we all wear diapers. Bravo. 👏 Honestly, it appears this was a Lt's attempt to handle this at the bro level without escalating it. Sounds like there were allegations made that it happened but little substantiating proof. Lt then ordered the practice testing to see how widespread the problem was and as a way of keeping it in house and ensuring readiness. It wasn't until it was leaked on FB that it was because bribery was happening that higher command came in and said "hey this is serious, we need to get involved." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 What really blows my mind is someone is such a slug they can’t pass an embarrassingly low-bar PT test, and are so weak-minded (because its just mental at this low of a bar) they would rather bribe than workout a little bit. Fuck ‘em, send them packing as an example to the rest, and leave everyone else alone. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsplayr Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) We professional warfighters in the Air National Guard would never condone the exchange of bottles of whiskey for signed-off PT test paperwork…never! 😆 I’m actually working an initiative right now to allow our OG to experiment with what the Space Force is doing. Unit funded and issued wearables tracking health metrics year-round in lieu of once-a-year testing where you can kinda cram your training and meet the mins while being a fat boi for 90% of the year. Accelerate change or lose amirite? Edited August 6, 2022 by nsplayr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeloDude Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 hour ago, nsplayr said: We professional warfighters in the Air National Guard would never condone the exchange of bottles of whiskey for signed-off PT test paperwork…never! 😆 I’m actually working an initiative right now to allow our OG to experiment with what the Space Force is doing. Unit funded and issued wearables tracking health metrics year-round in lieu of once-a-year testing where you can kinda cram your training and meet the mins while being a fat boi for 90% of the year. Accelerate change or lose amirite? Ugh…I’d much rather just take a relatively easy fitness test once a year (worst case twice a year) than be required to wear an electronic device every day(?) for an entire year tracking what I am/am not doing according to the Air Force’s liking. But that’s just me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBueno Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 If you don’t speak Guard: ”We’re tryna get the whole gang some Garmin watches with innovation funds.” Let us know how it works out. Sounds like a legit plan! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 16 hours ago, HeloDude said: Ugh…I’d much rather just take a relatively easy fitness test once a year (worst case twice a year) than be required to wear an electronic device every day(?) for an entire year tracking what I am/am not doing according to the Air Force’s liking. But that’s just me. It's not every day. It's 90 minutes a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWings06j Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 14 hours ago, JBueno said: If you don’t speak Guard: ”We’re tryna get the whole gang some Garmin watches with innovation funds.” Let us know how it works out. Sounds like a legit plan! I know a unit that did this... twice. I have both watches to prove it. They didn't end up doing the "track workouts instead of PT test" thing and I never linked either of my watches to anything the unit had access to. Still, I have two very nice, very expensive garmin watches to go with my endless supply of knives and sunglasses/shooting glasses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 minute ago, KWings06j said: I know a unit that did this... twice. I have both watches to prove it. They didn't end up doing the "track workouts instead of PT test" thing and I never linked either of my watches to anything the unit had access to. Still, I have two very nice, very expensive garmin watches to go with my endless supply of knives and sunglasses/shooting glasses. We got them at Dyess. Sold them as "personnel recovery devices" if we had to eject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frog Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 3 hours ago, KWings06j said: I know a unit that did this... twice. I have both watches to prove it. They didn't end up doing the "track workouts instead of PT test" thing and I never linked either of my watches to anything the unit had access to. Still, I have two very nice, very expensive garmin watches to go with my endless supply of knives and sunglasses/shooting glasses. I’m sure the taxpayer is thrilled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dream big Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 6 hours ago, frog said: I’m sure the taxpayer is thrilled. I’m sure the average tax payer couldn’t care less. We as a nation stopped caring about fiscal responsibility a long time ago. Watches are a drop in the bucket compared to the other crap the DOD wastes money on. Think we are ever getting those HIMARS launchers back from UKR? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntledemployee Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 12:48 PM, nsplayr said: We professional warfighters in the Air National Guard would never condone the exchange of bottles of whiskey for signed-off PT test paperwork…never! 😆 I’m actually working an initiative right now to allow our OG to experiment with what the Space Force is doing. Unit funded and issued wearables tracking health metrics year-round in lieu of once-a-year testing where you can kinda cram your training and meet the mins while being a fat boi for 90% of the year. Accelerate change or lose amirite? And I'd give mine to a fitness buff with a handle of brown juice every year. Track that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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