All E-4s are authorized to take the APFT to qualify for or increase their opportunity for promotion. E-4s who take the APFT and fail will not face adverse administrative action.

The service’s first overhaul of its fitness evaluation in 40 years, called the Army Combat Fitness Test, became the official test Oct. 1, but officials decided not to count failing scores in ...

One-hundred thirty-two push-ups in two minutes, 114 sit-ups in two minutes and an 11-minute, 53-second 2-mile run. These scores earned Pfc. Holden Isley a total of 402 points on the extended scale ...