“In particular, the center of gravity was the seven congressionally-restricted combat MOSs.
Army Center for Initial Military Training. Whitfield East, a research physiologist with the U.S. “A decision was made somewhere around 2012, relative to issues on placement on Soldiers into MOSs, especially high physically demanding MOSs, to come up with an assessment that would help better place Soldiers into those demanding MOSs,” said Dr. It’s expected that this summer, recruiters around the Army will begin administering the OPAT to all future Soldiers as a way to help place recruits into a best-fit MOS, based on their physical performance, in much the same way the ASVAB is used. Military Academy at West Point, New York, currently does the Candidate Fitness Assessment, and the Reserve Officer Training Corps has in the past experimented with physical fitness performance as a requirement for entry into service. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Army used the “1-1-1 test,” which involved 1-minute of sit-ups, 1-minute of pushups, and a 1-mile run to evaluate the physical fitness of candidates. The new test isn’t the first time the Army has used some sort of physical assessment for future Soldiers. The four tests include the standing long jump, the seated power throw, the strength deadlift and the interval aerobic run. It involves four physical fitness tests that together measure a future Soldier’s muscular strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, and lower body and upper body explosive power.
The OPAT is currently being evaluated at a select number of recruiting stations around the Army. This summer, the Army will add the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, or OPAT, as a way to predict a recruit’s physical fitness required to train for the high physical demand tasks for an MOS. JUNE 2, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) – The Army currently uses the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, as a predictor of a future Soldier’s ability to meet the academic requirements needed to do well in a particular military occupational specialty.