Posted on Apr 19, 2019
Is it legal to order a diagnostic pt test two days after a record pt test?
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Soldier who failed the record APFT where told to do it two days after the failure, all of them fail again, and said they were tired from the record APFT.
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Says that the commander can administer af often as they wish.
Just that i put ln my Soldiers side; is brutal to do muscle failure that way, and at last Soldier loses they eager to do the pt test. Just like they dont care nomore.
Just that i put ln my Soldiers side; is brutal to do muscle failure that way, and at last Soldier loses they eager to do the pt test. Just like they dont care nomore.
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SGT (Join to see) look in 350-1 under appendix F5. There are rules regarding retest for AD and RC soldiers
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Yes. A diagnostic PT test is legally nothing more than a PT session. A soldier should be able to do PT on a couple of days rest. However, a leader's judgment will be questioned when forcing a soldier to do that. And, if the leader takes punitive action based on that diagnostic PT test, they could be setting themself up for trouble.
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I have been sore up to 3 days after getting a 295 on my APFT. Not just out of shape soldiers. Just my opinion. If I were the CO, I would wait a week or until the soldier said the soreness was gone. MSG (Anonymous) SGT (Join to see)
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Key is "diagnostic" and yes the command can conduct a diagnostic test two days after a failed APFT look at FM 7-22 and AR 350-1. Personally I would not conduct one so close to the record test as the recovery period for some Soldiers may be longer then one day especially if they were giving it their all and the purpose of a diagnostic is to gage the readiness of the Soldier. But the command is not out of bounds on it.
" Legal" even if the command was incorrect in administering the diagnostic APFT, it would be "inappropriate" verses illegal, because there is no punitive action associated with the outcome.
" Legal" even if the command was incorrect in administering the diagnostic APFT, it would be "inappropriate" verses illegal, because there is no punitive action associated with the outcome.
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