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Army implements ACFT based on scores, RAND study, Soldier feedback

Following an in-depth independent review by RAND and a three-year evaluation period with Soldier feedback, the Army announced today the implementation of the revised Army Combat Fitness Test, which begins April 1...
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ACFT Implementation Timeline

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Adapt and overcome: Joint Task Force MED tackles ACFT
Adapt and overcome: Joint Task Force MED tackles ACFT
Adapt and overcome: Joint Task Force MED tackles ACFT
Adapt and overcome: Joint Task Force MED tackles ACFT
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Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
Department of the Army Best Warrior training
368th Public Affairs Detachment
368th Public Affairs Detachment
368th Public Affairs Detachment
368th Public Affairs Detachment
368th Public Affairs Detachment
368th Public Affairs Detachment
368th Public Affairs Detachment
368th Public Affairs Detachment
311th ESC Conducts ACFT at UCLA
311th ESC Conducts ACFT at UCLA
311th ESC Conducts ACFT at UCLA
311th ESC Conducts ACFT at UCLA
647th Regional Support Group provides ACFT grader validation training
647th Regional Support Group provides ACFT grader validation training
647th Regional Support Group provides ACFT grader validation training
647th Regional Support Group provides ACFT grader validation training
647th Regional Support Group provides ACFT grader validation training
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
2021 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition- Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
ACFT
Army Reserve NCO leads ACFT familiarization
Army Reserve NCO leads ACFT familiarization
Army Reserve NCO leads ACFT familiarization
Army Reserve Soldiers pull a 90-pound sled during the Sprint-Drag-Carry event, one of six test events for the Army Combat Fitness Test, at Operation Ready Warrior exercise, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 23, 2020.
An Army Reserve Soldier sanitizes a 10-pound medicine ball after he uses it for the Standing Power Throw, one of six test events for the Army Combat Fitness Test, during Operation Ready Warrior exercise, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 23, 2020.
Army Reserve Soldiers attempt the Standing Power Throw, one of six test events for the Army Combat Fitness Test, during Operation Ready Warrior exercise, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 23, 2020.
An Army Reserve Soldier attempts the 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift, one of six test events for the Army Combat Fitness Test, during Operation Ready Warrior exercise, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 23, 2020.
Army Reserve observer coach/trainers, assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, working under First Army’s 181st Multi-functional Training Brigade, demonstrate the proper way to conduct the leg tuck, one of six test events for the Army Combat Fitness Test, during Operation Ready Warrior exercise, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 23, 2020.
Observer coach/trainers, under First Army’s 181st Multi-functional Training Brigade, conduct temperature checks on arriving Soldiers before an Army Combat Fitness Test familiarization at Operation Ready Warrior exercise, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 23, 2020.
Brig. Gen. Ernest Litynski, commanding general of the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, meets with his observer coach/trainers, working under First Army’s 181st Multi-functional Training Brigade, during Operation Ready Warrior exercise, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 22, 2020.
IN THE NEWS
JTF MED 374 IT Specialist, Spc. Zachary Mariani shows off his old loose fitting uniform, the result of shedding over 60 pounds during his deployment to Iraq, going from x-large to medium fatigues.
Adapt and overcome: Joint Task Force MED tackles ACFT
By Capt. Brandon Janson | Feb. 23, 2023
Over the last couple years, the U.S. Army has been trying to adjust the way they test their Soldiers’ physical readiness and make it more realistic to the physical demands required in a combat situation. After completing a...
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Army implements ACFT based on scores, RAND study, Soldier feedback
By | March 23, 2022
Following an in-depth independent review by RAND and a three-year evaluation period with Soldier feedback, the Army announced today the implementation of the revised Army Combat Fitness Test, which begins April 1...
Army Combat Fitness Test Media Round Table March 21, 2021
By U.S. Army Public Affairs | March 23, 2022
All right, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. Good afternoon. Today we're going to be joined by a number of Army leaders as well as representatives from the RAND Corporation to discuss the way forward on the Army...
Sgt. 1st Class Sheree Dillon, left, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier assigned to the 84th Training Command based out of Fort Knox, Kentucky, issues Master Sgt. Alma Curiel a rifle during weapons qualification at Camby Hill Range here, Aug. 7, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Osvaldo P. Sanchez)
84th Training Command Soldiers conduct readiness activities
By Capt. Christina Winters | Aug. 16, 2021
Soldiers assigned to the 84th U.S. Army Reserve Training Command conducted readiness activities Aug. 6-8 at Fort Knox despite COVID-related challenges...
A Soldier assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command conducts the Sprint-Drag-Carry event of the Army Combat Fitness Test on Saturday, May 15th aboard Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Maryland. The multi-event test served as a diagnostic evaluation of each Soldier’s physical readiness while providing a viewpoint on how they can improve their training and nutrition.
U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
By Thomas Cieslak | May 17, 2021
Soldiers serving in the United States Army Reserve conducted the Army Combat Fitness to gain an understanding of the test’s challenges and perspective on their physical fitness...
U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st. Class Christina Ison, 9th Battalion, Army Reserve Careers Division, St. Peters, Mo., offers healthy eating advice to Soldiers of the 647th Regional Support Group, 416th Theater Engineer Command, during The Functional Training and Nutrition 101 Class at the U.S. Army Reserve 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command headquarters in Wichita, Kan., April 16, 2021. Ison, who is Cross Fit Level III certified, taught the Soldiers how to train safely and effectively for the new Army Combat Fitness Test and nutrition tips.
Functional Training and Nutrition class held in Wichita
By Sgt. 1st Class Anaidy Claudio | April 27, 2021
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers of the 647th Regional Support Group (RSG), 416th Theater Engineer Command, participated in a Functional Training and Nutrition class during their battle assembly April 16, 2021, at the Lanny J...
Army Reserve Sgt. Demos Moore, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist assigned to the 377th Chemical Company, 485th Chemical Battalion, 76th Operational Response Command, performs a plank pose at a gym in Richmond, Virginia, February 18. Moore, who once struggled with being overweight and out of shape has dedicated himself to physical fitness, losing more than forty-pounds in the past four months.
ACFT 3.0
By | March 23, 2021
ACFT 3.0 is the next adaptation of the Army Combat Fitness Test and incorporates lessons from ACFT 2.0. This development:...
A Soldier receives instruction on proper form for the Army Combat Fitness Test during the ACFT Trainers Course at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officers Academy at Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 14, 2020. (Spc. Zachary Stahlberg)
ACFT 3.0: Exploring a more inclusive scoring assessment, planks stay
By Thomas Brading | March 22, 2021
The latest version of the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT 3.0, is exploring the potential use of a performance tier program that accounts for the physiological differences between the genders, head of U.S. Army Center for...
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ABCP exemption

You score a 540 (80 in each event)  on the ACFT? You are exempt from the Army body fat circumference-based tape assessment. Click Below to read the memo. 

RESOURCES

Army Combat Fitness Test webpage at Army.mil
ACFT Channel on YouTube
Army Combat Fitness Test Training Guide
FM 7-22 Holistic Health and Fitness
ACFT Equipment List
ACFT Field Testing Manual
Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) Manual
Six Event Highlight Poster (GTA 07-08-005)
Army Physical Readiness Training application (iOS)
Army Physical Readiness Training application (Android)
 

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