Physical Training Instructors: The Key to Combat Conditioning

摘要

The number one modernization and product improvement program will continue to be the individual Marine. In fact, Marines who are not physically fit can be a detriment to the readiness and combat efficiency of their unit. Unfortunately, the Marine Corps is failing to provide its elite warfighters with a physical conditioning program that prepares them for the physical demands of combat. With a nominal investment in time, Marines could benefit from a program that assesses their unit's fitness in terms of their future operating environment, and that provides a progressive plan to ensure their units are capable of performing at the highest levels in combat. Such a program requires competent instructors. Consequently, the creation of a physical training instructor secondary military occupational specialty (MOS) will improve the Marine Corps' ability to prepare for and conduct war.