Army combat fitness test threatens to undermine combat effectiveness

That is counterproductive

That is why they had to add the plank event. Female officers couldn't be battying commanders if they couldn't even do one tuck.
My last real APFT was in 2019. I got a 299. I did the new ACFT In 2021 at the age of 56. It was not that difficult but I couldn't brag saying that I would get above 90% in each event.

I don't know why they came out with this event; it's because you need weights and other special equipment. But you didn't need the old army physical fitness test. This conundrum drum has been over six years in the making. Our stupid president focuses on climate Emergency bs instead. With all its inflation, Military readiness is affected by less money going to the military.

This is why I am always posting this. The ACFT proceed with our bad president now. I don't see army brass changing their mind.I'm going back to the old a.p.f.t.

https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/should-potus-biden-ask-congress-to-take-360-billion-from-climate-change-and-reallocate-it-to-emergency-ordnance-resupply?cid=whyAmRe42732He
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell Scott 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John Davis LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
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Ok, I'll say it again, the Army will ditch the ACFT for the same reason that it nuked every change since the APFT, it doesn't allow females to pass at the rate they want. They tested a very similar MOS based fitness test in the 80's, same results, too many females failed.
I don't agree that the equipment is too expensive, the Army wastes thousands and thousands of on stupid things, it can afford some PT equipment. Much of it could be fabricated locally. I understand that it could be a problem for Guard units, but how about setting up a single test site per battalion and rotate the companies through it. There is no regulation that states you have to test the same day.

I don't disagree that flexibility reduces injuries. You train for flexibility, but how do you test it? You don't.

A history of Army PT. https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/military/history-of-the-armys-pt-test/