Army's New Fitness Directive: Top Test Scores Replace Body Fat Standards
The Army has introduced a new fitness directive, allowing soldiers to bypass body fat standards if they achieve high scores on the Army Fitness Test. Sergeant Major Christopher P. 'Smoke' Stevens, Senior Enlisted Adviser to the Deputy Army Chief of Staff for Personnel, G-1, has announced the change.
Soldiers scoring 465 points or more on the test, and achieving 80 points or more in each event, will be exempt from body fat standards. This exemption also applies to those who do not meet height and weight standards but meet the test score requirements, eliminating the need for a tape test.
However, all soldiers must still undergo height and weight screening. Exemptions are valid until the next record test, which occurs every 8 months for Regular Army and Active Guard Reserve soldiers, and every 12 months for National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers. The new directive applies to all Army components and both general and combat versions of the Army Fitness Test.
The Army's new fitness directive aims to encourage soldiers to maintain high levels of physical fitness, with exemptions from body fat standards for those who excel in the Army Fitness Test. The directive applies to all Army components and both versions of the fitness test, with exemptions valid until the next record test.
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