Army s Revamped ACFT Would Create Gender-Specific Promotion Evaluation Categories
Soldiers of the 1-294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, start the two-mile run portion of a diagnostic Army Combat Fitness Test in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on September 10, 2019. (U.S. Army/Capt. Mark Scott)
11 Feb 2021
The U.S. Army is evaluating a new version of its gender-neutral Army Combat Fitness Test, one that would likely create gender-specific evaluation categories for men and women when it comes time for promotion.
The move would back away from the Army s original plan to have the new six-event test be gender-neutral in all aspects. It s in recognition of data showing that physiological differences between men and women cause individual scores to differ by 100 points on average by gender, according to an Army official familiar with the effort.
U.S. Army to review gender-neutral physical fitness evaluation
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A U.S. Army soldier participates in the Army Combat Fitness Test, which is currently under evaluation because of its gender-neutral scoring system. Photo by Eric Bartelt/U.S. Army
Feb. 12 (UPI) The Army Combat Fitness Test, ordered gender-neutral three years ago, is under evaluation by the Army s Training and Doctrine Command.
The test involves scoring a service member s performance in physical capabilities, and is a factor in addressing promotions and similar personal advancement. It replaced the Army Physical Fitness Test, in use for 40 years, and deliberately scored male and female participants in a single standard.
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Army Plans to Continue ACFT for Now Despite Congressional Order to Halt Testing
Cadet Xavier Newson of Bowie State University ROTC, attempts as many hand release push-ups as possible during a diagnostic Army Combat Fitness Test on the morning of Nov. 17, 2020 on Fort Meade, Md. (Vanessa Atchley/U.S. Army)
7 Jan 2021
The U.S. Army will conduct a congressionally mandated independent study of the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT. But for now, soldiers will continue to take the more challenging fitness assessment.
The Fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA a $740 billion defense policy bill that Congress approved Friday by voting to override President Donald Trump s veto directs the Army to stop units from administering the ACFT until an independent study can be conducted to determine its impact on certain populations in the service.
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A Former Marine Explains How the Paleo and Whole30 Diets Helped Him Lose 130 Pounds in a Year
He s gone from weighing 320 pounds to acing the U.S. Army Combat Fitness Test. Jan 1, 2021
53-year-old Eugene E.J. Hunyadi had been steadily gaining weight for 20 years, weighing 320 pounds at his heaviest.
He lost 130 pounds in 12 months after switching to Paleo and Whole30 diet plans.
E.J. shares with
Men s Health how his body transformation led to a more active, adventurous lifestyle.
My weight gain started while still on active duty in the Marine Corps, after a surgery put me on convalescent leave for a long period of time, which led me to getting out of shape and gaining weight. I left the Marines within a year of that surgery, and the weight continued to increase as I took a desk job at a computer company. Over a 20-year period, a poor diet led to my weight