These soldiers will be the first to take the Army’s new fitness test for the record

[rangerrebew]

These soldiers will be the first to take the Army’s new fitness test for the record
By: Meghann Myers  

The Army Combat Fitness Test will likely become standard in some parts of the Army a few months earlier than the deadline to bring it to full operating capability, which can be in October 2019, but no later than 2020, according to policy released last summer.

Officials in recent months have touted October 2020 as the most likely deadline.

To make sure new soldiers are prepared to take the ACFT for a grade in October 2020, either in Advanced Individual Training or after reporting to their first units, they will have had to pass standards before graduating, the commander of the Center for Initial Military Training told Army Times on Wednesday.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/02/22/these-soldiers-will-be-the-first-to-take-the-armys-new-fitness-test-for-the-record/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ARM%202.22.19&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Army%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup

[Elderberry]

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/07/09/a-new-army-pt-test-is-on-its-way-this-is-not-a-drill/

This is what the test will look like:

    Deadlift between 120 and 420 pounds, depending on the individual soldier. You must do three reps in five minutes.
    Two-minute rest.
    Standing power throw. You’ll be required to toss a 10-pound medicine ball overhead and backward. You’ll have three minutes to make one practice throw and two for a grade. The longest distance is recorded.
    Two-minute rest.
    Hand-release push-ups. You lower your chest to the floor and lift your hands off the ground between each rep. You’ll be required to do the most reps in three minutes.
    Two-minute rest.
    Sprint-drag-carry. In four minutes, you will go 25 meters out and 25 meters back five times. Each iteration will include a different activity: sprint, drag a sled, run a lateral shuffle, carry two 40-pound kettle bells, then sprint again.
    Two-minute rest.
    Leg tuck. You will be required to hang from a pull-up bar and with your body parallel, then pull knees to your elbows for as many reps as possible in two minutes.
    Five-minute rest.
    Two-mile run on a track or a paved, level road, with a 20-minute maximum.

[truth_seeker]

When I did basic training there were five events, 100 points each, 500 points total. Getting 500 points was very difficult and rare.

One event was the mile run on a track in combat boots. Six minutes to max, get 100 points for the event.

Compare that to two miles, 20 minutes.