Kenna Morton's Journal, 27 April 2024

I thought you might find this interesting. I talked to one of my uncles who was in the A.F. Our family has had soldiers in every branch but the army. He told me that the different branches have different standards for fitness because their jobs require different skills. The toughest standards are the marines - I had one uncle and my ex husband were marines. My step dad and FIL were in the Navy. They require swimming skills unlike the others. My uncles in the AF both had to do this sort of training well into their 40s as they were both lifers and stayed in longer at the request of the SAC. They neither could talk about their jobs as they were classified in non-combat positions but they talked about their having to train for fitness exams. Most kids graduating now from high school would not meet the fitness requirements to be a soldier.