CFT score now counts toward promotion

[thedrifter]

CFT score now counts toward promotion

CHANGE 1 TO MARINE CORPS PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAM ORDER AND IMPLEMENTATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMBAT FITNESS TEST SCORING SYSTEM

Date Signed: 8/10/2009
MARADMIN Active Number: 0476/09
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.//

Ellie

[thedrifter]

The CFT will be scored, taken once a year

8/10/2009 By Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes , Headquarters Marine Corps
ARLINGTON, Va. —

Effective immediately, Marines will now run the Combat Fitness Test for score.

Gen. James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, recently approved a scoring system for the CFT and a new schedule of CFT’s and Physical Fitness Tests – one CFT and one PFT a year.

The Marine Corps Physical Fitness Program order, MCO 6100.13 W/ CH 1, has been changed with the new CFT instruction and scoring system. Marine Corps Training and Education Command also provides CFT standards, guidance and other information on their Web site, www.tecom.usmc.mil/cft/cft.htm.

During the initial phase-in period, the CFT was pass/fail. There are now three new passing classes based on a 300-point scoring system. Similar to the PFT, the CFT is on a 1st, 2nd, 3rd class and fail system, under appropriate age and gender classifications.

“It was [the commandant’s] original intent that the CFT be pass/fail during the initial phase-in period, with migration to a scored system after a period of time,” explained Mr. Brian McGuire, TECOM’s physical readiness programs officer. “Of all the input we've received from Marines about the CFT, there was a consensus that the CFT should be a scored event. This isn't surprising knowing the competitive nature of Marines.”

Necessity for the CFT is partly based on a realization that combat-related demands include a variety of movements and task done at high intensity.

“Generally speaking, the CFT places a greater premium on a Marine's anaerobic capacity and functional core strength in comparison to the PFT,” McGuire said.

McGuire added that the CFT will factor into a Marine's composite score and be reflected on the fitness report. The composite score conversion table, developed by Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&R) can be found on the TECOM Web site.

http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2...-out/#more-387

http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2...-test/#more-24

Ellie