Becoming a Sailor, Part 4: Get Fit or Go Home

In order to get through boot camp, recruits must pass a physical fitness test. The Navy has raised its standards in recent years — making sure all future sailors have a basic level of fitness. Failure to perform the required run, curl ups and push ups can get you sent home.

Follow along in our series "Becoming a Sailor" to see what Navy recruits experience as they go through boot camp at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, the Navy's only recruit training facility. (Military Times/Syndicated in Partnership with Sandboxx )

Learn more and get ready for boot camp with the comprehensive Sandboxx guide at https://hello.sandboxx.us/get-ready-f...

Links to the rest of the Becoming a Sailor series:

Becoming a Sailor, Part 1: Arrival Night
   • Becoming a Sailor, Part 1: Arrival Ni...  

Becoming a Sailor, Part 2: Getting in the Water
   • Becoming a Sailor, Part 2: Getting in...  

Becoming a Sailor, Part 3: Learning to Shoot
   • Becoming a Sailor, Part 3: Learning t...  

Becoming a Sailor, Part 4: Get Fit or go home
   • Becoming a Sailor, Part 4: Get Fit or...  

Becoming a Sailor, Part 5: The Gas Chamber
   • Becoming a Sailor, Part 5: The Gas Ch...  

Becoming a Sailor, Part 6: Every Sailor a Firefighter
   • Becoming a Sailor, Part 6: Every Sail...  

Becoming a Sailor, Part 7: Battle Stations
   • Becoming a Sailor, Part 7: Battle Sta...  

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