New in 2018: Could these two new fitness tests spell the end of the APFT?

Sir, I respectfully disagree. A three event course, which is the most basic and almost inapplicable to ANY combat situation, I feel, isn't a good way to test combat fitness. I highly doubt anybody here will explain how being able to do 70 pushups in 2 minutes helped them on the battlefield, but I'm positive training to drag a 240lb dummy 15 feet is something many combat operations soldiers will find useful.

Thank you for your reply. I do respect your opinion. But IMHO the APFT should be a test of physical readiness for all Soldiers, from Basic Trainee to the top of the chain, regardless of MOS. It should provide an overall test of physical conditioning. While that relates to combat readiness, it is not "The" test of same. Personally I would (and do) place more emphasis on marksmanship. There is nothing stopping "combat" (?) Soldiers from enhancing their physical training requirements. Many years ago I was assigned to a unit that had to meet SOF standards. This meant scoring a minimum of 70 (instead of 60) on each of the APFT events, plus a ruck march and swim test. And of course there are certain courses/units that extend the bar for physical training, i.e., Airborne and Ranger. But I see no reason to change the standard APFT. I guess the difference is that to my way of thinking the APFT tests Physical Readiness, not Combat Readiness. I've known folks that could max the APFT that I wouldn't leave a FOB with. I go back far enough to remember a 5 event APFT and didn't really see how the horizontal ladder or inverted crawl had much relation to "combat" readiness, though they did test strength and agility.