New Army Fitness Test 2020
This new test places a larger emphasis on the types of physical challenges a soldier may face in combat and will have minimum requirements based on your military occupational specialty.
New army fitness test 2020. All soldiers are challenged to pass acft 2 0 at the gold standard. New british army fitness test 2020. Military officials say the u s. In this post we discuss what you can expect from the new army pt.
Acft is only one part of holistic health and fitness experts say. Army began implementation of their new combat fitness test and by october of this year it will become the army s fitness test of record. New fitness test measures combat readiness. Push ups sit ups and running.
In october of 2019 the u s. New physical employment standards for the army british. The run normally this is a 2km 1 2 mile run after an 800m 0 5 mile warm up jog for between 6 min 30 sec and 7 min. The test has been made up of these three core aspects for nearly four decades.
Find out what you can expect from the fitness tests when you head to an army assessment centre to join as a soldier or officer. 1 2020 the acft is the army s only physical fitness test of record. However after 38 years of the same army pt test some big changes are coming in 2020. Army combat fitness test set to become new pt test of record in late 2020.
By sean kimmons army news service july 9 2018. When you think about the army physical fitness test you most likely picture three main components. New hearing test to elish fitness the army should learn from its allies corps might adopt the royal marines army fitness test demonstrated in cyprus. Eating right will improve acft score says army dietitian.
You will be expected to meet acft requirements regardless of age or gender as part of your military training. Army combat fitness test set to become new pt test of record in late 2020. And that is for good reason.