ThunderHorse
Verified Military
Back when Jesus was a private in the 1980s, before the adoption of the APFT. Army Fitness standards were specific by MOS. There was something like 20 events for the fitness test that were then grouped by what MOS you had. For the most part there were three basic events across MOSs.
On this same sheet it had prescribed events for a CFT.
I know the fat guys in the unit always said the Tape Test wasn't accurate and they always said the two mile run wasn't a good test of their fitness because they lifted (they didn't). I've heard every excuse from sunrise to sundown on why the APFT was a bad test. Literally in the manual it talks about "general fitness" not combat fitness. The APFT was about you taking care of yourself.
Why in the world the Army just didn't follow the Marine Corps and layer on a CFT I'll never know. Clearly someone at HQ thought they needed an MSM for their ORB before a promotion board.
Will the ACFT actually change fitness culture in units? I like that brigades are investing in the s&c tools, but none of that matters if your Soldiers don't get released early enough to go use that shit, or if you put afternoon PT in your company training plan. More often than not you have soldiers play tiddly winks in the COF for hours on end because Commanders and First Sergeants have to validate their time.
On this same sheet it had prescribed events for a CFT.
I know the fat guys in the unit always said the Tape Test wasn't accurate and they always said the two mile run wasn't a good test of their fitness because they lifted (they didn't). I've heard every excuse from sunrise to sundown on why the APFT was a bad test. Literally in the manual it talks about "general fitness" not combat fitness. The APFT was about you taking care of yourself.
Why in the world the Army just didn't follow the Marine Corps and layer on a CFT I'll never know. Clearly someone at HQ thought they needed an MSM for their ORB before a promotion board.
Will the ACFT actually change fitness culture in units? I like that brigades are investing in the s&c tools, but none of that matters if your Soldiers don't get released early enough to go use that shit, or if you put afternoon PT in your company training plan. More often than not you have soldiers play tiddly winks in the COF for hours on end because Commanders and First Sergeants have to validate their time.