Most individuals in the Air Force recognize the importance of fitness to our mission, especially given our deployment tempo. What you may not know is running rose to the number two cause of recreational injury in the U.S. Air Force in 2010. What you may also not know is the fitness assessment failure rate is above 10 percent Air Force wide and as high as 28 percent at some bases. The overall cost of injury and fitness assessment failure is high when medical, physical therapy, administrative time, etc, are all factored in.
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