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From the archives: Creating the new Army Combat Fitness Test, 2018

This 2018 Stars and Stripes image shows Fort Eustis soldiers demonstrating the deadlift, the first of six events of the new ...
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Army to replace the Army Combat Fitness Test: Here's what will be new for soldiers

The Army is changing the fitness test for all soldiers. On Monday, the Army announced it was replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test with the Army Fitness Test, AFT, according to a news release ...
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Military fitness tests don't matter anymore

Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the ...
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Soldiers who score high on Army Fitness Test exempt from body fat standards

WASHINGTON — Soldiers who score at least 465 points on the Army Fitness Test are eligible to be exempt from the service’s body fat standards, the Army announced Wednesday. “This is a welcome ...
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Soldiers with high fitness test scores now exempt from body fat rule

Staff Sgt. Neto Sevilla, assigned to 41st Field Artillery Brigade, performs a deadlift exercise during the Army Combat Fitness Test. (Capt. Sara Berner/Army) Soldiers who score a 465 or better on the ...