Kegsbreath was only relevant twice a year during his National Guard duty

Those who served will know what I'm talking about, but twice a year, the most insignificant people I served with, would puff out their chests as they got out their clipboard to record our body fat, run time, push-ups and sit-ups.

If you served, you know that Kegsbreath has PRT Coordinator written all over him.

For the rest of the year, when we conducted Planning Board for Training (PB4T) meetings, the PRT Coordinators sat in the back of the room, while serious shit like "Light-off Exam", UNREP, GITMO, COMPTUEX, INSURV, CSQWT and other ops were planned. They were only there to ensure the twice a year PRT tests didn't conflict with engineering, damage control and weapons exercises.

Kegsbreath truly measures combat readiness by how fast you can run 1.5 miles and how many push-ups you can do.

I was a little bit older when I joined the Navy, but when I joined, my age required I run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes and 45 seconds.

By the time I retired 29 years later, I got 16:30...16 fucking minutes and 30 seconds!

I never failed a PRT, but hold some contempt for the PRT "Gym Rats".

They always picked the GNC Protein addicted Sailors who worked out like it was their job to be the PRT Coordinator. We always argued that it would be more realistic to pick the pack-a-day, coffee in their veins, chili-cheesburger on the "speed-line" so I can get to my rack for a "nooner", Sailors. As least they wouldn't be assholes about it.

Then you'd have your CO or Department Head Challenge, where if you beat their run time, you got a 48 hour liberty. Funny, they never offered the same challenge for a physics test.

I saw a lot of crazy shit during my time in the Navy. Saw a lot of rare shit too. But, I never saw anything more rare than someone who completed Nuclear Power School and Prototype Training that ran a 5-minute mile.

That's the tragedy of the entire Donnie Dipshit shitshow...irrelevant morons that don't warrant one fucking second of your serious thoughts, being placed in positions of extreme importance.