Army Times

Army rolls out new fitness test for soldiers who want to switch MOSs

Second Lt. Brandon Woodard, executive officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, lifts 150 pound weights during the functional fitness test course ...
Army Times

Commentary: Why the OPAT will improve new soldier readiness and how the Army is doing it right

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (March 8, 2016) – Maj. Gen. Anthony C. Funkhouser, commanding general, U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training, discusses the occupational physical fitness test during a senior ...
Military.com

Recruiters See Army Physical Assessment Test as a 'Missing Piece'

In the eight months since the U.S. Army launched the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, recruiting officials now see the test as a critical tool that was missing from the way the service predicts ...
Foreign Policy

Major Nick Barringer says the Army’s new OPAT is garbage, but the Army’s leadership can’t see why that matters

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OPAT to guide recruits to groups of, rather than specific MOSs

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- This summer, the Army expects to begin administering the Occupational Physical Assessment Test with new recruits. The OPAT is currently being evaluated at a select ...
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OPAT reducing trainee attrition, avoiding millions in wasted training dollars, officials say

WASHINGTON -- Fewer Army recruits are now dropping out of initial military training, preventing the Army from wasting millions in training dollars, said the Army's senior enlisted advisor. The results ...