Naval official rejects Mid's appeal

USNA1985
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:33:51 +0000

In my day, if you failed the PRT, you were assigned to a remedial fitness program and retook the PRT on a weekly basis. Thus, depending on when in the semester you failed (when the test occurred for your class), there were potentially many opportunities to retake and pass. I don’t recall anyone being kicked out for failure to pass the PT, but they did threaten that you wouldn’t graduate on time if you didn’t pass before Commissioning.

However, as someone who always struggled with the run (but passed), PT issues can be as daunting as academics. As Navy2010 said, you can be “in shape” (i.e., not overweight), working out regularly, and still have trouble – just as people can be smart, study a lot and still struggle academically. Nonetheless, there is a perception at USNA that PT failures are due to lack of effort/commitment whereas academic failures are viewed as occurring despite effort and commitment.