SECNAV Announces Actual Physical Fitness Program
WASHINGTON — Several big changes are coming to the Navy’s Physical Fitness Program, as part of the Secretary of the Navy’s new personnel initiatives, the first being the Navy actually having a physical fitness program, the service announced on Monday. The Navy is blitzing social media with the hashtag #waistlinesmatter.
“Our goal is to keep sailors,” said Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. “ Last year, we discharged about 1,500. They were so weak and feeble they couldn’t even raise their arms to render a hand salute.”
Mabus wants to strengthen Navy culture through a focus on sustained health and fitness. Likening his program to "an investment in sailors," his intent is to actually get a day's work out of the Navy.
Rear Adm. Dawn E. Cutler, spokeswoman for the Secretary, notes that obesity has real costs for the Naval service.
"If every sailor met height and weight standards, we'd burn almost one-third less fuel each year," Cutler said. "With that savings, we could afford one additional Carr…
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