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Army fitness guides.

Plain answers about the AFT, training, body composition and the forms and rules behind them, with sources from the Army’s own publications.

The AFT

  1. The Army Combat Field Test (CFT): the 7 events, the 30-minute standard and who takes it

    The Army Combat Field Test (CFT): the 7 events in order, the 30-minute pass standard, who has to take it, and when record tests start in April 2027.

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  2. What happens if you fail the AFT: flags, retests and reclassification

    What happens if you fail the AFT: the flag, the 90- or 180-day retest, what two failures in a row lead to, and what missing the Combat standard means.

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  3. How the AFT is scored: points, minimums and standards

    Each AFT event is scored 0 to 100. Here’s the 60-point minimum, the 300 and 350 totals, who each standard applies to, and real numbers from the tables.

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Training

  1. Which supplements Soldiers can’t take: the DoD prohibited list, CBD, kratom and the rules for pilots

    Banned supplements for Soldiers: the DoD prohibited list, common banned ingredients, the Army’s CBD, delta-8 and kratom bans, and rules for aircrew.

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Body composition

  1. The Army waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) standard, explained

    The Army now uses only the waist-to-height ratio. The 0.55 standard, how your waist is measured, the max waist for your height, and what failing means.

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Forms and regulations

  1. How to fill out DA Form 705-AFT, the AFT scorecard

    How to fill out DA Form 705-AFT, block by block: what you write, what graders record for each event, the GO/NO-GO block, total points and who signs.

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