Fit to fight: program pushes Reservists to pursue healthier lifestyle

Citizen Airman, August, 2004 by Bo Joyner

"The Air Force has had some problems with the reporting software, so we don't have all of the results from Reservists who have tested so far, but word from the field is that most people are scoring at least in the good range," he said. "Version 2 of the software due out this summer will give us better reports at the unit and command level."

Reservists who score marginal or poor are given additional educational materials, encouraged to begin a fitness program and retested in six months. Those who don't show improvement over time could face administrative action.

Air Force Instruction 10-248 spells out the details of the Air Force's Fit to Fight program.

The instruction and the AFRC supplement are available online at http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/ pubfiles/afrc/10/afi10-248_ afrcsup1_i/afi10-248_afrcsup1_i.pdf.

For more information, contact your unit's fitness monitor or Colonel Thornton at DSN 497-1897 or commercial 478-327-1897. His e-mail address is william.thornton@afrc.af.mil.