How many times do you have to pass the APFT?

I went through MP OSUT so the number of times you take an APFT may vary, but we took it 5 times. APFT 3 was the one you had to pass to continue to the AIT portion of OSUT (BCT standards – 50 points in each event at minimum). APFT 5 was the one that you had to pass to complete OSUT, and in order to pass this one and get outta TRADOC land you have to get at least 60 points in each event.

Every 6 months, you take an APFT

Generally every six months you will take a PT test at your first duty station. At Campbell I took two in a span of three months to get everyone on the same date.

In basic you will take numerous PT tests and from my experience they start you off at 30 percent pass. So you only have to do 30 percent on each event and if you don't they'll recycle you for retraining.

To graduate I had to do 50 percent. In AIT you'll have two PT tests. One diagnostic (which is apart of getting phase V privileges) and then a record (which goes with you to your duty station) in order to leave AIT. These will both be graded at 60 percent. This was a year ago so I'm unsure if they changed the regulation.

But you will take numerous PT tests in your career. They aren't hard. Just do your best. When you hit that sweet sweet 22 age bracket you'll only have to do like 40 pushups and run a 1630 which is practically a ranger shuffle or a light jog the entire time. I have noticed that my PT score and a lot of others plateaus and then drops after AIT so make sure you do PT on your own and stay away from the Shopette taquitos.