According to Army Directive 2022-05, which covers the implementation of the ACFT, members of the Active Component and the Reserve Component on active-duty orders over 90 days are required to take ...

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey said he is "truly excited about the significant progress" made during the testing period for the ACFT. "I truly believe this will take us where we need to be ...

The Army aims to formally implement the Army Combat Fitness Test — its biggest overhaul to fitness testing since 1980 — by April 2022, the service’s top NCO says. There’s one potential ...

In late September 2019, the Army released updated Army combat fitness test (ACFT) standards. They are shown on the ACFT score chart below. The chart demonstrates the standards required for each ...

Army units are now authorized to begin taking the new Army Combat Fitness Test as the official replacement to the four-decade old Army Physical Fitness Test. But the scores soldiers receive will ...

Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kristan Johnson, from U.S. Army Central Forward, based in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, completes hand release pushups during an Army Combat Fitness Test, Jan. 25, 2021 ...

The AFT's combat standard, detailed in the Army's announcement, requires soldiers in combat specialties to score a minimum of 60 points per event, with a total minimum score of 350.

The ACFT takes the place of the APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test), which was the primary measure of fitness used by the Army from 1980 to 2020. Any soldier taking the APFT would execute push-ups ...

Capt. Kristen Griest smiles at friends and family as she waits with her U.S. Army Ranger School Class 08-15 to graduate at Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 21, 2015.

Army officials announced in June that all active, National Guard and Reserve units would be cleared to take the ACFT on Oct. 1, a move that ends a six-month suspension of all fitness testing to ...