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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LTC Stephen Conway
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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No where in the regulation does it say “diagnostic” APFT!!!! There are only “Record” APFTs...those are the only ones that get you flagged if you fail. The commander can give an APFT whenever he or she wants to. There just needs to be a minimum of 4 months between “Record” APFTs. Unless of course you fail one. Then you need to take a “Record” APFT within 30 days. If you fail that one then the Commander initiates the chapter. Doesn’t mean you are gonna get chaptered. Just means that the chapter will be initiated. Some of you really need to open up a regulation instead of going on what you heard someone say!!!
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