R 241634Z JAN 14
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 035/14
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/CHANGE TO THE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST TIMELINE MODIFICATION//
REF/A/MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC/271120ZNOV12//
AMPN/REF A IS ALMAR 046/12, CHANGE TO THE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST, WHICH ANNOUNCED A CHANGE TO THE FEMALE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS MARADMIN MODIFIES THE TIMELINE IMPLEMENTING THE CHANGE TO THE FEMALE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST (PFT) ANNOUNCED IN THE REFERENCE. PHASE ONE OF THE CHANGE IS HEREBY EXTENDED THROUGH 30 JUNE 2014.
2. DURING THE PAST YEAR, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND STUDIED PFT PULL UP PERFORMANCE TRAINING WITH A FOCUS ON IMPROVING PHYSICAL FITNESS AND FEMALE PFT STANDARDS. THE DATA COLLECTION VALIDATED MANY ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPANDED THE DATA SET ON THE USE OF THE PULL UP AS A UNIVERSAL METRIC FOR PHYSICAL STRENGTH. DATA COLLECTION WILL CONTINUE AS WE FURTHER ASSESS CHANGES TO THE PFT AND DEVELOP A STANDARD THAT ENSURES THE PHYSICAL READINESS OF ALL MARINES.
3. A SUBSEQUENT MARADMIN WILL ADDRESS SPECIFICS TO IMPLEMENT PHASE TWO OF THE REFERENCE. MEANWHILE, ALL MARINES ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE UPPER BODY STRENGTH TRAINING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT PULL-UPS WILL BECOME THE SINGLE STANDARD MEASURE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS.
4. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE TOTAL FORCE MARINE CORPS.
5. SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//