Passing the Air Force fitness assessment invokes celebration for most active-duty personnel, but this past February, when Master Sgt. Amber Mitchell learned she had passed with a score of 78.5, she left the base track in near despair.
“I didn’t want to be a satisfied-with-the-minimum type of person,” she said.
A short time later, the 1st Space Operations Squadron superintendent heard 1 SOPS Commander Lt. Col. Lorenzo Bradley say, “anyone who has scored under 80 is on my ‘watch’ list. ”
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