Posted on Feb 19, 2020
What will happen if I fail the APFT as an Officer that is not qualified?
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I have currently failed an APFT test, and have one in the next month. I commissioned as an Officer last May from an ECP College, and I have had issues with the run. My grandmother recently got cancer before the first APFT and I found out my father had it also around the same time. I’ve been completely depressed, and don’t think i have the physical capability to pass the APFT. I’ve not been eating, and over-working myself, so it has caught up to me. What will happen? If i fail my record APFT twice? Is there anything I can do to minimize the damage, and get ahead of this? I understand i should have realized the responsibility this comes with, but I can’t change my mental capacity on my father anymore. I want to spend every second with him that I can. Thanks for Listening, any solid genuine help would be greatly appreciated. I’ve already read AR635-500. I’m in a NG unit.
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Sorry about your loss. I lost my dad right before I commissioned and it was hard. However you HAVE to keep working on your PT. You have to force yourself to make better choices when it comes to your diet and health.
You get flagged for not passing your record apft, it can reflect on your OER, and then you get involved into remedial PT, and it can and does hold up your promotion to 1LT once you become MOS qualified. You need a passing APFT (soon to be ACFT) to get into BOLC and you'll take one at BOLC too.
It sucks losing a parent. But would your dad want you destroying something you've worked hard to do? Work with a friend counselor, and get back to it. Grief is a process, but it Doesn't mean everything seems just gets to be put on the back burner. Responsibilities still need to be taken care of.
You get flagged for not passing your record apft, it can reflect on your OER, and then you get involved into remedial PT, and it can and does hold up your promotion to 1LT once you become MOS qualified. You need a passing APFT (soon to be ACFT) to get into BOLC and you'll take one at BOLC too.
It sucks losing a parent. But would your dad want you destroying something you've worked hard to do? Work with a friend counselor, and get back to it. Grief is a process, but it Doesn't mean everything seems just gets to be put on the back burner. Responsibilities still need to be taken care of.
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My father died the week before I left for OBC. We held his funeral on a Friday and I was driving to Fort Bliss early Saturday morning. I know this is not what you want to hear but, if you want to stay in, you just have to suck it up, try to compartmentalize it and focus on your running. and, as has been suggested, go to counseling. there is no shame in seeking help.
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And! I've been in therapy and counseling a couple times. GO! You are able to recognize that you're depressed, and you're acknowledgement that it's affecting your career shows you need to seek help. Counseling is an amazing and under utilized tool.
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