Physical Training

Physical Training, or PT refers to specialized training strategies and methods of exercise undertaken by UNSC soldiers to help develop them for combat.

The Colonial Militia trainees of Harvest underwent physical training for at least two weeks before beginning real live-fire exercises. PT included ten-kilometer runs with twenty-five-kilogram rucksacks strapped to the trainees' backs.

The following marching chant was was sung by the recruits of First and Second Platoon:

''When I die please bury me deep! Place an MA5 down by my feet! Don't cry for me, don't shed no tear! Just pack my box wtih PT gear! 'Cuz one early morning 'bout zero-five! The ground will rumble, there'll be lightning in the sky! Don't you worry, don't come undone! It's just my ghost on a PT run!''