Could You Survive the Army's Combat Fitness Test? This Reporter Tried.

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May 18, 2019

Could You Survive the Army's Combat Fitness Test? This Reporter Tried.

How did it go?
by Task and Purpose

While explaining the specifics of the Army’s new Combat Fitness Test recently, Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost turned to a reporter and delivered a subtle challenge to members of the press: “Yes, you can take it if you want.”

Can he read minds? Your favorite Pentagon reporter was thinking about the time in 2011, when he attempted to complete the Army’s old physical readiness test. At nearly 280 pounds and standing just 5 feet 10 inches tall, this reporter was, at the time, the most out-of-shape human to step foot on an Army PT field since Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott last mounted a horse. After seeing this husky journalist flouncing toward him, an Army drill sergeant told a cameraman, “I don’t think he’s going to make it through, to be honest with you.”

He was right.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/could-you-survive-armys-combat-fitness-test-reporter-tried-58182