New Physical Assessment Test Ramping Up
Feb. 13, 2017
The Army is evaluating a four-part assessment designed to measure a recruit’s fitness to handle physical tasks in specific MOSs. The Occupational Physical Assessment Test is being used at a select number of recruiting stations around the Army, and officials expect to expand it servicewide this summer.
The test is designed to measure physical capacity in much the same way the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery measures a recruit’s ability to meet the academic requirements of a particular MOS, officials said.
One of the main drivers of the initiative, developed over more than two years of research, is to reduce first-term attrition among new soldiers.
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