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2019-10-21 Home Front: Culture Wars

Army Considering ~~Dumbing Down Standards~~ Pass/Fail Option on ACFT for Sergeant Promotions

[MIL.com] The U.S. Army may do away with making sergeant promotions dependent on high Army Combat Fitness Test scores and base them on a go/no-go system instead.

Currently, sergeants trying to get promoted to staff sergeant can get 180 promotion points for maxing the Army Physical Fitness Test. Army leaders are considering changing that policy since the new ACFT, which becomes mandatory on Oct. 1, 2020, will be much harder to max.

"Right now, the APFT is extremely weighted on your promotion points -- 180 promotions points. That's a pretty big chunk," Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston told an audience of soldiers at the 2019 Association of the United States Army's annual meeting this week.

"One course of action is ... to make it go or no-go on the ACFT," he said. "That is one of the things we are going to look at."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-21 11:10|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Pencils hit hardest.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-10-21 11:13|| 2019-10-21 11:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Current ACFT unfairly links physical capabilities and endurance to promotion system and combat readiness. System leaves under-performing fat boys (or whatever they are) and others behind. "Gotta leave company area NLT 1530 to pick up kids" and "my ***** hurts" sectors hit hardest.

Phase II: Elimination of the ACFT.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-21 11:14|| 2019-10-21 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Not getting enough girl sergeants, eh?

Posted by SteveS 2019-10-21 13:19|| 2019-10-21 13:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Next : Award points on Good Idea Fairy projects added to the EPPS sheet.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-21 13:57|| 2019-10-21 13:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Combat will be the ultimate pass-fail test.

Posted by Glenmore 2019-10-21 14:20|| 2019-10-21 14:20|| Front Page Top

#6 ^Except that inadequate get other people killed.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-21 14:30|| 2019-10-21 14:30|| Front Page Top

#7 This same thinking has worked out well for the Rangers standards.

Posted by chris 2019-10-21 15:36|| 2019-10-21 15:36|| Front Page Top

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