Staff Sgt. Kristina Sorokoa, an Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) grader for Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC), Fort Hood, Texas, ensures Spec. Joshua Cardwell is rule-compliant during the ACFT’s Standing Power Throw requiring Soldiers to throw a 10-pound medicine ball backward and overhead for distance. Cardwell, Soldier of the Year, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, Fort Polk, La., was one of the 26 Soldiers from Army Medicine (Central Region) who competed in the CRDAMC-hosted event, held April 8-12 at Fort Hood, Texas. The new 6-part ACFT incorporates functional fitness exercises such as dead lifts, pull-ups, sprinting, power throws and other exercises to mimic battlefield tasks such as extracting casualties, pulling vehicles, lifting heavy equipment boxes, jumping across and over obstacles and reacting quickly to direct and indirect fire. It will replace the current physical fitness readiness test October 2020. The winners of the CRDAMC-hosted competition will next compete in the Army Medicine Best Warrior contest that will be held May 29-June 1 at Fort Jackson, S.C.
| Date Taken: | 04.10.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.09.2019 13:01 |
| Photo ID: | 5343718 |
| VIRIN: | 190410-A-YA619-769 |
| Resolution: | 3856x3976 |
| Size: | 6.01 MB |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TEXAS, US |
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