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Stealhead · 06-16-11, 11:06 PM

If you are thinking of joining any branch you might want to prep yourself a little bit at least because even in the USAF now a days the PT is a lot harder than it was back in my day.We did lots at Basic and tech school and then for some time most commands had a "do it on your own" mentality which meant go to one of the base gyms or run or something on your own time.At my last command my squadron commander decided to start organized PT which we did in the mornings I thought that was a good idea as some of us where in pretty good shape others not so much.I think today the USAF has full time PT like the Army and Marines though.

At basic it depends on your own metabolism and how you react to the stress some guys lose weight others gain others stay about the same it just depends.

If you want to join the USAF or National Guard do you mean Army National Guard or Air National Guard? Because Air National is USAF basic Army is Army basic. You should focus on getting to the weight requirement for your age and height.Look it up or better yet talk to a USAF or Army recruiter if you are thinking Air National Guard because USAF Guard and Reserve units are much smaller and harder to get into than Army units are.You also do delayed entry where you sign now(and your parents if under 18) and go after you complete HS.The recruiter will put you in a program to get at least down to the max allowable weight to be allowed into basic.

@4Para I have a buddy that was an Airborne Ranger for 20 years he has the same problem with the knees I guess it is from all those jump landings hard on the knees I suppose.

True what August said you have to want to make it yourself some DIs or TIs in the USAF will give you some encouragement but they wont make you if you dont really want to quit they wont stop you.Same goes for active duty in the end you must push yourself to keep going.I got washed back in basic because I was burning out all my energy on the PT test I could do the run and push ups fine but the sit-ups I just ran out of steam so my next head TI asked me why I failed on the sit ups I told him I was running out of energy not being used to doing all this without eating breakfast.He told me to take fruit bars out of the chow hall and eat those in the morning before reveille of course dont dare let himself or any other TIs catch me with food outside the chow hall which is violation.

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	If you are thinking of joining any branch you might want to prep yourself a little bit at least because even in the USAF now a days the PT is a lot harder than it was back in my day.We did lots at Basic and tech school and then for some time most commands had a "do it on your own" mentality which meant go to one of the base gyms or run or something on your own time.At my last command my squadron commander decided to start organized PT which we did in the mornings I thought that was a good idea as some of us where in pretty good shape others not so much.I think today the USAF has full time PT like the Army and Marines though. At basic it depends on your own metabolism and how you react to the stress some guys lose weight others gain others stay about the same it just depends. If you want to join the USAF or National Guard do you mean Army National Guard or Air National Guard? Because Air National is USAF basic Army is Army basic. You should focus on getting to the weight requirement for your age and height.Look it up or better yet talk to a USAF or Army recruiter if you are thinking Air National Guard because USAF Guard and Reserve units are much smaller and harder to get into than Army units are.You also do delayed entry where you sign now(and your parents if under 18) and go after you complete HS.The recruiter will put you in a program to get at least down to the max allowable weight to be allowed into basic. @4Para I have a buddy that was an Airborne Ranger for 20 years he has the same problem with the knees I guess it is from all those jump landings hard on the knees I suppose. True what August said you have to want to make it yourself some DIs or TIs in the USAF will give you some encouragement but they wont make you if you dont really want to quit they wont stop you.Same goes for active duty in the end you must push yourself to keep going.I got washed back in basic because I was burning out all my energy on the PT test I could do the run and push ups fine but the sit-ups I just ran out of steam so my next head TI asked me why I failed on the sit ups I told him I was running out of energy not being used to doing all this without eating breakfast.He told me to take fruit bars out of the chow hall and eat those in the morning before reveille of course dont dare let himself or any other TIs catch me with food outside the chow hall which is violation. Last edited by Stealhead; 06-16-11 at 11:19 PM.