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All of which is to say, that many military fitness experts feel the apft only gauges physical health in a very narrow way, and fails to gauge physical skill. Ive always thought the pt patch is a great motivation incentive to get soldiers to do well on their pt test or pt. Alongside ribbons, medals and patches that honor outstanding service in combat, the united states army awards the physical fitness badge to men and women who excel during the army physical fitness test. Army physical fitness patch military awards and apparel. Armed forces including army, air force, marines, navy and coast guard. Jan 01, 2017 german army bundeswehr instructor catches fired bullet casing with his hand while us soldiers learn how to shoot the german g36 assault rifle during a a weapon familiarization course in germany. Unlike other military endurance tests the apft is normally performed in normal workout gear. Were taking you over to a different website and it may have a different privacy policy than ours.
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