Posted on Mar 15, 2016

Why is FM 7-22 followed in such a lockstep manner when it is an FM??

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Field Manual 7-22 is just that, a field manual, that spells out Army doctrine for its PT program. In every other FM doctrine standardizes how the Army does business, but its EXPECTED that we will adapt and modify it to complete the mission. PRT on the other hand is lockstep, we will do prep drills in this exact manner and speed being an example

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CSM Carl Cunningham

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Great question, but we obviously do not follow it as lockstep as we should. There are people incorrectly doing PRT every installation I go to. The reason so much "empahsis" is applied to it, is so it meets the actual intent of the exercises. It isn't going to work if you are not doing it correctly. That is why SGM's are so crazy about it.

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CSM Carl Cunningham

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Oh, and I disagree with it warming you up properly in a cold weather environment. I was a 1SG in Korea and it warmed my unit up just fine. That being said, we were not stupid about it either. Sometimes we had to warm up in a gym, then go outside to finish. I know how cold Korea can be.

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True, PT varied greatly in the different units in the 21-20 days. I was never in the 82nd but have heard they were far more strict on PT

I'm also not saying we should go back to those days, the variety of programs available in the PRT manual would allow for a great program if we could modify them.

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CSM Carl Cunningham

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I was never in the 82nd either. It could have been because I was in a TRADOC unit when I was younger. The current PRT we are doing was a program the Army was trying to implement right when 9/11 happened. Our unit was one of the ones trying it out. I just think the Army dusted it off when the wars slowed down.

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The prep drill is just what it says it is, preparation. It is meant more to "stretch" as opposed to warm up. The Military Movement Drills are more of a "warm up". I agree with SGM Cunningham on the "lock step", in order for the Soldiers to correctly execute the exercise and get the effect of the exercise, it has to be done correctly.

Most doctrine in FMs are initially adhered to, changes are only made based on circumstance. A Battle Drill for example usually starts the same way "immediately return fire and seek cover" what the enemy does in reaction usually causes the leader to change doctrine. I don't think there is that kind of circumstance involved in PRT.

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