Posted on Dec 16, 2020
Are they doing PT at Airborne School during covid?
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This may be a crazy question but I seen a few post that said since covid they aren’t making anyone do PT test or PT at school. Are thet doing PT at airborne school? I switched units to an airborne slot have been in my new guard unit for 5 months and I have a good PT on record. I just spoke to the retention NCO and re-enlisted yesterday in the guard for 6more years. So I am qualified. I can pass my pt test. Someone from my unit said I have to take a pt test before I can go. Do I have to take the test cause I thought they was exempt? I am just wondering are they testing at schools?
Airborne School
Training NCO
Admin NCO
Retention
Airborne Trainee
Posted 4 y ago
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You have to take a PT test always before you go to Airborne school and your unit has to verify that you can run 5 miles in under 45 minutes and the flexed arm hang.
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SGT Eric Davis
I know they was still doing the flex arm hang but I was reading wasn’t doing anything else.
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SGT Eric Davis look on the ARTB website for the entry requirements. I think your question is that you believe because the Army isn't doing APFT that means ARTB isn't. A school can set whatever entrance requirements they determine to be necessary such as pull-ups, bomb suit tests, runs, rucks, APFTs, or nomenclature exams.
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I know this response is quite late but I went thru BAC right after OSUT (FEB 2021) when Covid was still big as an IET SM, and we did the flex arm hang for 10 seconds before even being allowed to start ABN training. We did run every other day usually anywhere from 1 mile to 3 miles but the furthest we ran was 3. Now weekends obviously we didn't do shit and on the days we didn't run it was like push-ups, sit-ups, and practicing PLFs, then breakfast, then training for the day, and then our free time. Hope that answers it.
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