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AFT

Army Fitness Test

After action reviews

The four steps of an AAR, the four questions it answers, and the difference between a formal and an informal review.

Equipment Operator's Qualification Record (Except Aircraft)

The operator qualification record behind a Soldier's military driver license, showing which equipment the operator is trained and licensed on.

Flagging, enrollment, and what happens after an ABCP failure

What enrollment actually costs a Soldier, what counts as satisfactory progress, and where the separation line is.

What is an after action review, and what are its four steps?

An AAR is a structured professional discussion of an event that lets the participants work out for themselves what happened and how to improve. The four steps are plan, prepare, conduct, and follow up. The follow-up is the part units skip and the part that produces the improvement.

What is the difference between a formal and an informal after action review?

A formal AAR is planned and resourced in advance with a scheduled time, a site, training aids, and an outside facilitator or observer. An informal AAR is conducted on the spot by the leader on the ground with whatever is at hand, right after the action, and is the kind Soldiers see most often.

What questions does an after action review answer?

What was supposed to happen, what actually happened, why it happened that way, and what to sustain or improve next time. The leader guides the discussion and the participants do the talking.

Fitness test calculator

Enter raw performance by age and sex to score each event and see the pass threshold against the current test of record.

Training Aids

Training management from the eight-step model through the training meeting, plus ranges, risk management, and after action reviews.

Drill and Ceremonies

TC 3-21.5 is the Army's drill and ceremonies manual: individual and unit drill, the manual of arms, and the sequence for formations, reviews, and ceremonies. It is the single most quoted publication at promotion boards after the leadership doctrine. The May 2021 edition supersedes the January 2012 version.

Holistic Health and Fitness Testing

ATP 7-22.01 carries the administration and evaluation procedures for the Army's fitness tests, including the Army Fitness Test, the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, and the Combat Water Survival Test. The March 2026 edition replaced the October 2020 version. Use it for test administration questions; FM 7-22 remains the training system.

Providing Feedback: Counseling - Coaching - Mentoring

ATP 6-22.1 is the counseling publication, retitled in February 2024 to cover all three forms of feedback: counseling, coaching, and mentoring. It explains when each is appropriate and how to plan, conduct, and follow up on a session. DA Form 4856 is the record of developmental counseling.

Relief of Responsibility and Accountability

AR 735-5 is the regulation for relieving Soldiers and civilians of responsibility and accountability for Army property: adjusting property records after loss, damage, destruction, or theft, and running the financial liability investigation of property loss. It is the source of the FLIPL process and the definitions of command, supervisory, direct, custodial, and personal responsibility. Any leader who signs for property should know these terms.

Stability

ADP 3-07 is the Army's doctrine for stability operations. It explains the stability operations tasks, how they relate to offense and defense, and how military efforts fit alongside civilian agencies and host-nation institutions. It matters most during consolidation of gains, when the fighting slows and the governing does not.

Army Fitness Test Scorecard

Records raw scores, event points, and the total score for the Army Fitness Test, along with the grader and the Soldier's signature.

Travel Voucher or Subvoucher

Claims reimbursement for per diem and authorized expenses after TDY or a PCS move.

The Army Fitness Test: events, scoring, and the passing standard

The five events of the AFT, how the 500 points are built, the difference between the general standard and the combat standard, and who is exempt.

The Army's strategic roles

The four roles the Army performs for the joint force, from shaping an environment in peacetime through consolidating gains after the fighting stops.

AAR

After Action Review

APFT

Army Physical Fitness Test

UAS

Unmanned Aircraft System

How long does a Soldier have to appeal an Article 15, and to whom?

Five calendar days from the imposition of punishment, submitted to the next superior authority above the commander who imposed it. An appeal filed after that may be rejected as untimely.

What are the ways a Soldier can enter the Army Substance Abuse Program?

Self-referral, command referral, medical referral, and identification through drug testing or an investigation. Self-referral is the route the Army pushes hardest, because a Soldier who asks for help before there is an incident gets certain protections that a Soldier identified after the fact does not.

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 Blue Book and why does it matter to noncommissioned officers?

It is Baron Friedrich von Steuben's Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, published in 1779 after he drilled the Continental Army at Valley Forge. It was the Army's first standard manual and the first document to spell out the duties of noncommissioned officers.

What is the difference between expendable, durable, and nonexpendable property?

Expendable property is consumed in use and is not accounted for after it is issued, such as cleaning supplies and batteries. Durable property is not consumed in use and does not go on the property book, but it does require hand receipt control, such as hand tools. Nonexpendable property retains its identity, requires formal property book accountability, and is hand receipted down to the user, such as weapons, vehicles, and radios.

What is the difference between MEDEVAC and CASEVAC?

MEDEVAC uses a dedicated, marked medical evacuation platform with medical personnel and en route care. CASEVAC moves casualties on a vehicle or aircraft of opportunity with no dedicated medical crew or en route treatment. Use CASEVAC when MEDEVAC is not available and the delay would cost the casualty.

What is the T-week concept?

T-week is a backward-planning framework that ties the weeks before and after a training event to the actions required to prepare for and follow up on it. The week of execution is week T. Week T-6 is six weeks out; week T+1 is the week after. Companies use it in the training meeting so preparation happens on a schedule instead of at the last minute.

Who wrote the NCO Creed, and when?

It was drafted in 1973 by the NCO Subcommittee of the Command and Leadership Committee at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. Sergeant First Class Earle Brigham is credited with starting it. It was first printed in Infantry School texts in 1974.