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Army enlisted leaders all over the world are being ordered to take the Pregnancy Postpartum Physical Training Exercise Leaders Course, or PPPT, according to U.S. Army Medical Activity Japan health promotion educator Jana York.
Why would we need pregnant soldier's (women) in the service? What is the good of this? This doesn't make sense, if you could explain it would be helpful.
Try reading the whole Stars & Stripes article; the Fox article is really only a snippet. For your information:
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The program, which is mandatory for pregnant soldiers, was set up to get them back to their units quickly after they give birth, according to Staff Sgt. Latoya Nieves-Gonzales, who is helping York train the NCOs at Camp Zama.
“Pregnant soldiers were trying to do [regular Army] physical training and they couldn’t do a lot of the exercises,” she said.
Soldiers have six months to meet the Army’s height and weight standards and pass a physical training test after they give birth, she said, adding that nine pregnant soldiers do PPPT training at Camp Zama each morning.
They are out of their units during pregnancy, and, up til recently, did not have proper PT training that they could do. All Army PT is not suitable for pregnant women, or during the immediate postpartum period. In the Stars & Stripes article, it says that pregnant soldiers were allowed to sleep in rather than do PT because there was so much of it they could not safely (or physically) do. They still need to keep in shape, though, so that they can return to active duty.
I think there are varying degrees of impact from one man to the next, and now we all know a little bit more about you than we really needed to know.
Yes, but there is a thing you can wear to prevent that "problem" from adversely affecting your ability to exercise. There's nothing I know of which can "support" being pregnant except a bra.
Fake boobs and pregnant bellies on our soldiers ... what will they come up with next?
Wearing sanitary pads for several days so that our soldiers can understand some of the problems the girls face during "those difficult times of the month."
Try reading the whole Stars & Stripes article; the Fox article is really only a snippet. For your information:
They are out of their units during pregnancy, and, up til recently, did not have proper PT training that they could do. All Army PT is not suitable for pregnant women, or during the immediate postpartum period. In the Stars & Stripes article, it says that pregnant soldiers were allowed to sleep in rather than do PT because there was so much of it they could not safely (or physically) do. They still need to keep in shape, though, so that they can return to active duty.
Wearing sanitary pads for several days so that our soldiers can understand some of the problems the girls face during "those difficult times of the month."
If you wanna try it, go ahead. I have one piece of advice for you - sticky side down.
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