Army leg tuck standards full#
Until full implementation, any diagnostic score recorded in DTMS will not by linked to your name in any Army personnel system and no administrative actions will be taken for or against you on the basis of your performance on the ACFT during this ongoing transition period. While we expect to be ready for full implementation around March 2022, we will only make policy changes when sufficient data exists for Army leaders to make fully informed decisions. Taking the ACFT and putting scores into DTMS is critical to allow leaders to make these decisions. We cannot, and should not, make final policy decisions based this limited data set. As of last week, only 25% of the Army had taken the test. The refinements will be data driven and it’s critical we make training for, and taking the ACFT, one of our highest priorities. These adjustments will make the ACFT the most effective test for the Army and our Soldiers. While we already know that the ACFT is a far better test than the APFT, the Army will continue to refine the ACFT as necessary and appropriate.
Independent research shows that the ACFT is nearly twice as effective at predicting WTBD performance, compared to the APFT. This baseline is the expected standard to be a Soldier in any MOS, and is directly related to a Soldier’s ability to successfully complete combat related WTBDs. While the Army is exploring the potential to use these tiers in the future, ACFT 3.0 maintains the gender neutral baseline of 60 points in each event, for a total of 360 points on the ACFT. The green category may be for Soldiers who pass the ACFT, but do not place in the top 50% of scores across the Total Army. The top 1% of scores in each gender may make up the Platinum category, top 2-10% in the Gold category, top 11-25% in Silver category, and top 26-50% in the Bronze category. The current plan is that each October, we will separate men’s and women’s scores and rank order them from highest to lowest. In ACFT 3.0, the Army is exploring a gender based tier system with the goal of both accounting for recognized physiological differences between men and women, while fostering and recognizing above-average physical performance, something inherent to Army culture. However, as we continue to refine the ACFT, we identified that use of a raw-score alone does not allow us to account for physiological differences between men and women. The absence of Army policy has led many Soldiers to conclude that only the ACFT raw-score would be used. Second, “how” your ACFT performance may be used in the future for assessments and promotions. I (SMA Grinston) challenge all Soldiers to continue to train for the Leg Tuck, but encourage you to choose the event best for you to meet the Army Standard. By making the Plank a fully graded, alternate assessment, we are working to give Soldiers who are currently struggling with the Leg Tuck, a chance to succeed on the ACFT, while adapting their physical readiness training to the Army’s changing culture of fitness. The reason we are keeping the Leg Tuck, and adding the Plank, is that the Leg Tuck is a better correlation to fitness requirements for Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills (WTBDs) and Soldier common tasks. Each Soldier will indicate which core strength test event they will do before the test begins. Today, we formally announce ACFT 3.0, effective 1 April.įirst, the Plank has been added as a full 100-point alternative to the Leg Tuck.
In our continued efforts to improve the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), we knew there would be changes along the way. A message from the 16th Sergeant Major of the Army
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