The U.S. Army’s about to get a massive fit check — and not the kind where you show off the latest fashions in camouflage.
Effective this month, soldiers will be expected to pass a new, more rigorous Combat Field Test, one Secretary of the Army Hon. Dan Driscoll says will make sure those in the most physically demanding roles to “have the specific fitness required to dominate on the modern battlefield.”
‘We’re asking more of our combat arms Soldiers.’
The new requirements directly affect those designated under combat military occupational specialties, such as infantrymen or combat engineers.
Boot and rally
The annual test must be completed in 30 minutes while wearing the Army Combat Uniform, combat boots, and a brown T-shirt. It consists of the following:
A 1-mile run;30 dead-stop push-ups,
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