Results for readiness

What are the three components of a physical readiness training session?

Preparation, activities, and recovery. Preparation readies the body for the session, activities are the training itself, and recovery brings the Soldier back to a resting state and reduces injury risk.

What are the three principles of physical readiness training?

Precision, progression, and integration. Precision means exercises are performed to standard. Progression means the workload increases in a deliberate, systematic way. Integration means multiple training components are combined in a balanced program.

What publication is the Army's physical readiness training doctrine, and what system does it describe?

FM 7-22, Holistic Health and Fitness. It describes the H2F system and the five readiness domains: physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual, and sleep. FM 7-22 is the training system. ATP 7-22.01 carries the testing procedures.

How is the Army Fitness Test scored, and what is a passing score?

Each event is scored from 0 to 100 points, so the maximum total is 500. A Soldier must earn at least 60 points in every event to pass. Failing a single event fails the test regardless of the total.

How often must Soldiers take a record fitness test?

Active component Soldiers take two record tests per year. Reserve component Soldiers take one record test per year. Commanders may direct diagnostic tests more often, but a diagnostic is not a test of record.

Name the five events of the Army Fitness Test in order.

Three repetition maximum deadlift, hand release push up with arm extension, sprint drag carry, plank, and two mile run.

Walk me through the screening process under the Army Body Composition Program.

The Soldier is weighed and measured for height and compared against the screening table weight for their height, age, and sex. A Soldier at or under the screening weight passes and no further assessment is required. A Soldier over the screening weight receives a body fat assessment. If the body fat result exceeds the standard for their age and sex, the Soldier is enrolled in the program and flagged.

What are the alternate aerobic events for a Soldier with a permanent profile, and what do they replace?

They replace the two mile run. The alternate aerobic events are the 5,000 meter row, the 15,000 meter stationary bike, the 1,000 meter swim, and the 2.5 mile walk. A Soldier's profile has to authorize the specific event, and alternate aerobic events are graded go or no go rather than on the point scale.

What are the maximum allowable body fat percentages by age group in AR 600-9?

For males: 20 percent for ages 17 to 20, 22 percent for 21 to 27, 24 percent for 28 to 39, and 26 percent for 40 and older. For females: 30 percent for 17 to 20, 32 percent for 21 to 27, 34 percent for 28 to 39, and 36 percent for 40 and older.

What counts as satisfactory progress once a Soldier is enrolled in the ABCP?

AR 600-9 sets progress as a loss of three to eight pounds per month, or a reduction of about one percent body fat per month. A Soldier who is losing weight at that rate is making progress even if they are still over the standard. A Soldier who is not is subject to separation processing.

What form is the fitness test recorded on?

DA Form 705, the Army Fitness Test Scorecard. It captures raw scores, event points, the total, and the grader and Soldier signatures.

What happens to a Soldier enrolled in the Army Body Composition Program?

The Soldier is flagged, which suspends favorable personnel actions including promotion, schooling, and reenlistment. The Soldier is referred for nutrition counseling and a medical evaluation, weighed and assessed monthly to measure progress, and counseled in writing. Failure to make satisfactory progress, or repeated enrollment, can lead to separation.

What is Army Community Service?

The Army's installation-level family and Soldier support agency, established in 1965. Its motto is self-help, service, and stability. ACS delivers relocation readiness, financial readiness, employment readiness, family advocacy, the Exceptional Family Member Program, mobilization and deployment support, survivor outreach, and information and referral.

What is the Army Body Composition Program and what regulation governs it?

The Army Body Composition Program, or ABCP, is the program that ensures Soldiers maintain the military appearance and body composition the Army requires and are able to meet the physical demands of duty. AR 600-9 governs it. The regulation is dated July 2019, and the assessment method has been changed by Army directive since then, so use the current directive with the regulation.

What is the Army physical fitness test of record, and what did it replace?

The Army Fitness Test, abbreviated AFT. It became the test of record on 1 June 2025 and replaced the Army Combat Fitness Test. The change removed the standing power throw and left five events.

What is the purpose of the Army Substance Abuse Program?

To strengthen readiness by preventing alcohol and other drug abuse, identifying Soldiers who need help early, getting them into treatment, and restoring them to duty when they can perform. It is a command program, not a medical program that runs itself.