This week, from Air Force Times staff writer Markeshia Ricks:
When the Air Force toughened up its physical training standards and began cracking down on cheaters two year ago, most of you rose to the challenge.
Fewer of you are getting injured now than that first, difficult year when the new PT test was introduced. More of you are passing the test — 93.5 percent of the entire force. And by May 31, 55 percent of you had achieved excellent status, meaning you scored a 90 or above on the test and can take it once a year, instead of twice.
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But even when most are doing well, there are always some who are doing better.
In an unprecedented data analysis, Air Force Times has crunched two years of PT data — by major command, gender, paygrade and Air Force Specialty Code — to separate the best from the rest.
Read the rest of Markeshia's story here.
