All students must come to SOS physically capable of jogging two miles on Day Two in about 25-30 minutes. The pushup and sit-up standards are the same being used by the Air Force for the active duty annual physical fitness assessment. 8 Jun of this year. Once received at the career programs, the teams will review all the nomination packages to assure they are complete, and submit them to the DPKD training office in priority order by 23 July of each year. Selectees will be published on the AFPC web page and will be notified via letter from their individual career programs by mid- August of each year.
All students are subject to being weighed during in-processing.
If you fail to meet standards, you will be sent home military or civilian. You must be able to participate in all the field leadership and other physical programs. You are required to bring a completed SOS Certification of Qualifications form . While the physical demands of SOS are not anything similar to Air Force Basic Training, they do want you to be in good shape by the end of the course. SOS requires you to run over two miles as part of a team building exercise.