The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers

New paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 82nd Airborne Division conduct physical training (PT) with the Brigade command team and Holistic Health and Fitness team on Fort Liberty, N.C.

The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers — civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care and rehabilitation for soldiers with minor musculoskeletal injuries — by the end of the current fiscal year, according to an internal email obtained by Military.com. The decision, announced to his staff by Gen. James Mingus, the […]