From Army Times' Meghann Myers:
Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond Chandler took to his Facebook page Nov. 14 to announce that, on Nov. 8, the Army officially ordered the re-establishment of the Master Fitness Trainer Course, with the goal of a trainer in every company by October 2014.
"Serving in the U.S. Army is no place for a couch potato," he wrote.
The course teaches trainers how to counsel soldiers on multiple dimensions of fitness to help them take care of themselves between regular medical checkups.
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Thirty-one soldiers from the first MFT pilot class graduated at Fort Jackson, S.C., in late September. With this official go-ahead from the top, the program will continue until March, and instructors will use feedback from the pilot to finalize the curriculum. The next phase will see resident instruction at Fort Jackson while six Mobile Training Teams take the course to installations around the world for at least 18 months, according to Chandler.
Read the rest of Meghann's story here.
