Categories: Armed Forces News

AF Reserve Fitness Stats Go South

In 2003, 76 percent of unit reservists took the fitness test and 98.9 percent passed their assessments. Two years later, 68 percent of those were tested but 7 percent of them finished with a marginal score and 12 percent performed poorly. Air Force Reserve Command’s failure rate was six times higher than the rate for active-duty Airmen. In 2005 individual mobilization augmentees (IMAs) performed slightly better than unit reservists. Four percent of the IMAs were marginal. Six percent were classified as poor. With more stringent force-wide fitness standards in place, AFRC officials recognized that they needed a comprehensive education and intervention program to help reservists improve their overall fitness scores. Thus a new Web-based Healthy Living Program for Reservists will be posted on the Air Force portal under the Air Force Fitness Management System.

FEDweek Newsletter
Veteran insight on your federal pay, benefits, career and retirement!
Share