Will the Army CFT be Adopted?
Of course claims of gender discrimination exist, and perhaps legit concerns over logistics, but from an outsiders/non mil POV, seems like a major step in the right direction to test a wider range of basic fitness/performance tests for war fighters. What say you?
Can the Army's New Fitness Test Survive Critics and Become Official in April?
Nearly 10 years in the making, the Army plans to implement its controversial new fitness test later this spring. But a new batch of critiques about gender discrimination and the sheer logistical challenge of administering and training for the new test could imperil that deadline.
Creating the new Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, has been a monumental undertaking for the service. The mission: rework how the force judges whether someone is physically fit enough to serve and fight America's wars. This is the first time since the 1980s that fitness has had any major overhaul in the Army.
Army leaders tested their new fitness standards in 2019, initiating a campaign to gather data that would decide which events ended up becoming a part of the final test, and how they would be scored. The goal was to have all soldiers judged by the new metrics in October 2020, but the ACFT immediately hit turbulence.
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Will the Army CFT be Adopted?
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Dukr
One aspect I don't think they considered or thought through enough, is the consequences of the AFCT on the Guard/Reserves. To me, they are a formidable portion of our forces, and this test is just not a good fit for the part-time soldiers. They don't have the ability/capability to train daily, weekly, even monthly, on the equipment that is being used for the ACFT. At least with the old APFT, a soldier could do their own training at home. I think that is one reason why there has been a delay in full implementation of the new test; as well for how poorly the active duty female soldiers have been performing.
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I'm not sure that's a good argument. The test is a good measure of a wide range of physical performance that mimic common movements in combat or even the field. Not having constant access to Army provided equipment doesn't change that. All Soldiers shouldn't have to pay out of pocket for a gym membership but the idea that if the Army has to provide every thing anyone could ever need to be successful is a severe handicap and is one of the most common problems I have with junior Soldiers and NCOs.