{"id":111689,"date":"2021-03-23T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=111689"},"modified":"2021-03-22T20:42:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T00:42:43","slug":"nearly-a-decade-in-the-making-new-army-pt-test-is-finally-starting-we-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=111689","title":{"rendered":"Nearly a decade in the making, new Army PT test is finally starting…We hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Army is finally, after\u00a0EIGHT\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>years of development and at least three re-writes (the most recent being last fall when Congress intervened), is ready to put the new Army Combat Fitness Test into use come 1 April. The Rand Corporation (and\/or other defense contractors) has come out very well in this.<\/p>\n

Army Times reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Soldiers will start taking the third version of the new, but delayed, Army Combat Fitness Test on April 1 as part of an effort to gather data for a Rand Corporation study on how the test will impact different demographics across the Army.<\/p>\n

Though soldiers will begin taking the third version of the ACFT in the coming weeks, their scores will not count against them until April 1, 2022.<\/p>\n

The third version of the test locks in the plank as an optional replacement for the leg tuck, which was considered by many to be the hardest of the six test events.<\/p>\n

The third version also lifts job-specific standards for soldiers and codifies a scoring system that takes into account physiological differences between men and women, according to Army leaders who spoke with reporters Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t foresee any more adjustments, especially this year,\u201d said Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston. \u201cThe most important thing is, we need to take the test and put it in the training management system so we have data.\u201d<\/p>\n

The changes come after the latest defense budget bill included a provision that halted the ACFT pending an independent study to determine whether it would hurt recruitment and retention in critical jobs.<\/p>\n

The new version of the test is intended to gather data for that study and allay concerns that it will negatively impact the careers of women soldiers.<\/p>\n

The concept we’re going to evaluate over the next year will place everyone that passes the ACFT into an individual performance category based off of how well they score relative to their gender.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for getting us the latest update on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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