【9月10日】看軍聞學英語

■泰戈爾

原文：

For the first time in service history, the Coast Guard is set to roll out physical fitness testing requirements to the entire force. And, officials say, the service’s most senior officers will be the first to see the test factored into their performance and promotability reporting.

A 29-page guide, which lays out the components of the Coast Guard’s physical readiness program and testing, which will be a twice-annual requirement for all service members.

While the test will soon be mandatory for all on a non-scored basis, senior Coast Guardsmen and officers will be held to the new testing standard much sooner than enlisted Coasties, Capt. Christopher Hulser, Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the Commandant of the Coast Guard told Military Times in an exclusive interview.

The service’s admirals and "gold badges"　are already taking the test and reporting the results, Hulser said.

中譯：

海岸防衛隊史上首次準備向全軍推廣體能測驗要求。官員表示，該軍種的高階軍官將率先將測驗結果納入其績效評核與晉升報告中。

在一份長達29頁的指南，詳細列出了海岸防衛隊「體能戰備計畫」與測驗的組成部分。所有現役人員每年必須參加兩次測驗。

海岸防衛隊司令部參謀長兼執行助理胡瑟上校在接受《軍事時報》獨家專訪時表示，雖然這項測驗很快就會成為全軍的強制性項目（初期不計分），但高階軍官與士官長將比基層士兵更早面臨新測驗標準的考核。

胡瑟指出，該軍種的將官與「金徽」人員已經開始進行測驗並回報結果。