May 11, 2019
You Won't Pass the Army's New Fitness Test
Tough. Really tough.
by Task and Purpose
By October 2020, all soldiers will be required to take and pass the Army’s new gender- and age-neutral Combat Fitness Test, which has more events and less time for rest than the service’s current PT test, officials said on Monday.
(This article by Jeff Schogol originally appeared at Task & Purpose. Follow Task & Purpose on Twitter. This article first appeared in 2018.)
The Army has not yet decided what the standards will be that soldiers have to meet on each of the test’s six events, or whether soldiers will take alternative tests if they fail any or all of the events, said Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/you-wont-pass-armys-new-fitness-test-57077