Posted on Aug 2, 2018
Here’s an early draft of the Army’s new fitness test standards
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The Army Times shares early draft of new fitness standards. Thoughts?
Here’s an early draft of the Army’s new fitness test standards
Posted from armytimes.com
Health
Fitness
APFT
PRT (Army)
Standards
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Leaked out to prepare ;). Still in testing and polishing oer bullets phase.
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Kudos on an age and gender neutral test. However, I find the following statement kind of misleading:
"You can be 20 years old on the battlefield, or you can be 50, and you’re going to have to accomplish the same mission."
I'm very sure that a 20 year old Specialist and a 50 year old Colonel have very different jobs, even though, yes, they are working towards the same mission.
The big question is what will those with profiles do as alternate events for each regular event?
"You can be 20 years old on the battlefield, or you can be 50, and you’re going to have to accomplish the same mission."
I'm very sure that a 20 year old Specialist and a 50 year old Colonel have very different jobs, even though, yes, they are working towards the same mission.
The big question is what will those with profiles do as alternate events for each regular event?
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - That's going to be tough for those of us with permanent profiles in the Reserve. I can do all those things, but the run will kill my already bad knees. Oh well, more disability money...
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The test is fine. But I feel that the NG/USAR soldiers will have a much harder time preparing for this than the current test. And will have to buy the equipment/gym membership on their own. That shouldn't be the case.
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Yes, I agree. We don't even have that equipment at my armory. Are they going to provide enough equipment for a headquarters element to manage all testing, and equipment at all armories to allow for training? And we've got countless Soldiers living in rural areas for whom access to training locations would be a real hardship.
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MAJ (Join to see)
1LT (Join to see) - You're correct. I live in Mississippi and there are plenty of soldiers here who live in the middle of nowhere.
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