Here's another good reason to heed Jim Gourley's advice about Army PT

A response to his
comment was made on this blog. Best part: "I'll tell you this, though. The Army
end strength is going to go down very shortly. Fatboys are gonna be the low
hanging fruit that gets picked when it comes time
to separate people."

Meanwhile, a young lieutenant writes from a faraway land
that he has been surprised at how unfit many soldiers are, even in the combat
arms:

For the most part
the Army is far more overrated as far as physical standards than what we were
told during ROTC. I am considered a PT stud and def wasn't that in ROTC. The
Army needs to cut the fatties out anyways which make up about 1/4 of all
soldiers. Some look like bloated pigs. Whenever I take command one of my first
things I will do is go on a Company run at an average pace, nothing special . .
. and tell the 1SG that all the people that fell out of the run at any point
will be on special PT profile doing PT in the afternoons. This includes all
leadership. The key is that no one will know that this will happen until after
the run. They will get the point real quick.