R 101359Z AUG 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0476/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/CHANGE 1 TO MARINE CORPS PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAM ORDER AND IMPLEMENTATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMBAT FITNESS TEST SCORING SYSTEM//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO 6100.13/-/-//
REF/B/MSGID:ALMAR 032/08/-//
REF/C/MSGID:MARADMIN 608/08/-//
NARR/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAM (MCPFP) ORDER. REF B IS ALMAR THAT ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO THE MCPFP.  REF C OUTLINES COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF REF A.//
POC/MCGUIRE B./CIV/UNIT:TECOM/NAME: (703) 784-0098 /EMAIL: BRIAN.J.MCGUIRE@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  REF A INCLUDED MANY CHANGES TO THE MCPFP, PRIMARILY INTRODUCTION OF THE COMBAT FITNESS TEST (CFT). BOTH REF B AND C DIRECTED INITIAL PASS/FAIL GRADING OF THE CFT WITH MIGRATION TO A SCORED SYSTEM BEGINNING 1 JUL 09. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TO ANNOUNCE CHANGE 1 TO REF A WHICH IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SUMMARY OF CHANGES:
1.A. IMPLEMENTS THE CFT SCORING SYSTEM.
1.B. ESTABLISHES ONE (1) PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST (PFT) AND ONE (1) CFT PER YEAR AS THE FITNESS TESTING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL MARINES.
1.C. ALLOWS FOR USE OF TRAINING AIDS IF DUMMY GRENADES NOT AVAILABLE.
2. APPROVED CFT TABLES, CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, COMPOSITE SCORE CONVERSION TABLE AND CFT CALCULATOR CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTP:SLASHSLASHWWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CFT/CFT.HTM
3. MCO 6100.13 W/ CH 1 WILL BE REPUBLISHED AND POSTED ON THE MARINE CORPS ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES WEBSITE.
4. IMPLEMENTATION INSTRUCTIONS.
4.A. ALL MARINES WILL BE REQUIRED TO RUN A CFT FOR SCORE IN THE JUL-DEC 09 SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD. 
4.B. BEGINNING CY10, THE PFT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE FIRST SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD (1 JAN-30 JUN) AND THE CFT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD (1 JUL-31 DEC). 
4.C. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ANY CFTS REPORTED INTO MCTFS WILL BE FOR RECORD.  TO ACCOMMODATE CFT IMPLEMENTATION, THE COMPOSITE SCORE ROUTINE HAS BEEN MODIFIED. 20 AUG 09 IS THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR MCTFS DATA ELEMENTS TO COMPUTE COMPOSITE SCORES.  ON THAT DATE, MCTFS WILL QUERY THE RECORDS OF ALL ELIGIBLE CPLS AND LCPLS AND COMPUTE COMPOSITE SCORES.  IF A MARINE HAS RUN THE CFT, IT WILL BE COUNTED TOWARDS THEIR COMPOSITE SCORE.  IF THEY HAVE NOT RUN THE CFT THEY WILL NOT BE PENALIZED DURING THE COMPUTATION. ON 20 NOV 09, THE NEXT CUT-OFF FOR MCTFS DATA ELEMENTS, THE COMPOSITE SCORE ROUTINE WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CFT FOR ALL CPLS AND LCPLS AND COMPUTE COMPOSITE SCORES ACCORDINGLY.
5.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY RELEASE BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//