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The Combat Fitness Test was administered to Marines aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow 7 Oct.
The Marines first gathered at the pre-dawn hour of 6:30 behind headquarters building 15 to take part in the first event officially called
movement to contact, which is an 880 yard run.
Following the half mile run the Marines assigned to headquarters battalion massed on Sorenson Field to compete in two more events
dubbed the (bottom middle) ammunition lift and maneuver under fire designed to simulate the tasks they are most likely to encounter in a
combat zone.
There were several tasks within the maneuver under fire portion of the CFT including the sprint, the high crawl, the diagonal run, (top left) the (buddy) drag, (top center) modified high crawl, (top right) the fireman’s carry, (right middle) modified high crawl, (right bottom) the ammo carry, and the grenade throw.
All Marines were required to perform the same tasks regardless of age or gender, but the scoring of each event took in to account the age and
gender of the participant.
At the conclusion, all Marines participated in the optional final event, the grab, lift and eat, that had all of the participants chowing down on breakfast provided by the senior noncommissioned officers aboard base.
| Date Taken: | 10.07.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 10.14.2016 18:13 |
| Story ID: | 212086 |
| Location: | BARSTOW, CA, US |
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