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Health & Fitness

The Navy Just Gave 48,000 Sailors Who Failed Their PRT A Sweet Deal

Adam Weinstein
Health & Fitness

Navy Relaxes PRT Rules For Its Thinnest, Fittest Sailors

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Sailors begin the 1.5-mile run during the semiannual physical readiness test (PRT) at Fort Story, Oct. 19, 2015. The semiannual PRT provides the commanding officer with the means of assessing general fitness of Sailors at their command by evaluating aerobic capacity, or cardio-respiratory endurance, and muscular strength, and muscular endurance.

Health & Fitness

The Navy Just Gave 48,000 Sailors Who Failed Their PRT A Sweet Deal

Adam Weinstein

Marines and Sailors assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde participate in a run aboard the flight deck of the ship to celebrate the 119th anniversary of the creation of the hospital corpsman on June 17, 2017.

Health & Fitness

Navy Relaxes PRT Rules For Its Thinnest, Fittest Sailors

James Clark