EXPRESS VS 13KM
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The BFT is the Army standard for physical fitness, and will be performed by (1) all designated Army units, which includes the field force and - here in Western Canada - formation and Area HQs as well. All pers employed 180 days or more are to be tested. Indeed, I believe that Land Staff is also (this year) doing the BFT rather than the Expres Test. The BFT, as you can doubtless find in a 1000 other threads here, is a 13 km march followed by a 100 m casualty carry (plus a "trench dig" for those so lucky). The march must be completed in 2 hours and 26 minutes.
Successful completion of the BFT gives an equivalency to "Exempt" status on the Expres Test - your "exempt" bubble is filled in on your PER. Failure of the BFT has no career implication, but you MUST pass a subsequent Expres test to avoid sanction. However, you cannot deploy on an Army-generated mission without completion of the BFT.
In short: the BFT is the Army standard, while the Expres test is the CF standard. The BFT is regarded as the higher of the two and as equivalent to "gold" standard on the Expres test therefore you get "exempt Expres testing" upon BFT completion.
Under the new rules, all Army pers - Regular and Reserve must pass BFT or Expres testing. However, if you're like the vast majority of soldiers, you'll be tested on the BFT first and only move to the Expres test if you fail. You don't get to choose.
There's an LFCO this provides direction on this entire subject, as well as a CANFORGEN that was released last week.
The BFT is the Army standard for physical fitness, and will be performed by (1) all designated Army units, which includes the field force and - here in Western Canada - formation and Area HQs as well. All pers employed 180 days or more are to be tested. Indeed, I believe that Land Staff is also (this year) doing the BFT rather than the Expres Test. The BFT, as you can doubtless find in a 1000 other threads here, is a 13 km march followed by a 100 m casualty carry (plus a "trench dig" for those so lucky). The march must be completed in 2 hours and 26 minutes.
Successful completion of the BFT gives an equivalency to "Exempt" status on the Expres Test - your "exempt" bubble is filled in on your PER. Failure of the BFT has no career implication, but you MUST pass a subsequent Expres test to avoid sanction. However, you cannot deploy on an Army-generated mission without completion of the BFT.
In short: the BFT is the Army standard, while the Expres test is the CF standard. The BFT is regarded as the higher of the two and as equivalent to "gold" standard on the Expres test therefore you get "exempt Expres testing" upon BFT completion.
Under the new rules, all Army pers - Regular and Reserve must pass BFT or Expres testing. However, if you're like the vast majority of soldiers, you'll be tested on the BFT first and only move to the Expres test if you fail. You don't get to choose.
There's an LFCO this provides direction on this entire subject, as well as a CANFORGEN that was released last week.
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Thanks Teddy.
Thats was what I was looking for. I'll have to wait to get back to work to check the canforgens.
Cheers
Thats was what I was looking for. I'll have to wait to get back to work to check the canforgens.
Cheers
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