The Army is in the middle of a plan to study what makes new soldiers most prone to injury, while putting teams of nutritionists and fitness coaches into every brigade.
Leaders are voicing their support for a push to re-think training and maintenance of soldiers themselves, and to treat them as elite athletes preparing for a high-end fight.
As the Army works to field two new occupation combat readiness tests, the discussion has increased over the legacy PT test and whether the Army needs gendered fitness standards at all.
One year after senior leaders sounded the alarm that Army aviation was in a “deep hole” because of inconsistent funding and high demand overseas, the top general at Forces Command has laid out five rules that he hopes will provide soldiers with some relief.