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@enigmatube69465 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to do a video, on how the army decides which role suits you best. Also, how do the intelligence test works?
@bodyboardingchronicles6025 жыл бұрын
Relativism? Only Combat can ready a soldier! People, you want to show your solid as a rock? Join the U.S. ARMY!
@quinnrobinson96645 жыл бұрын
VICE News 21 min 2 mile run is a dream time. What age bracket is that for? Cause when I was in the Army minimum time was 16:30 for a 17-29 year old if I remember correctly. The rest of the test is easy stuff to get ready 2 mile run with the minimum time back in my day was the killer to prep for.
@logangregory33005 жыл бұрын
You lied. The standard for the highest MOS group has a run time of 17:00. If you fail one category you fail the whole test. This man would have failed the new pt test.
@michaelmorris96965 жыл бұрын
How about you all report on something important like how soldiers are being prescribed painkillers on an astronomical level
@xavi87805 жыл бұрын
Nothing like watching an informative Army video under my DD214 blanket.
@codinginzen87935 жыл бұрын
Every time i miss the army i just wipe my tears with my dd214 while laughing at videos like this
@thebossness14405 жыл бұрын
Coding in Zen Takes out the nostalgia for me every time- I remember watching some NG recruiting video for 68Ws (my old MOS in the early 2000s) and getting fairly hyped up. That was before of course my wife slammed an Asian Beef mre on the dinner table lol
@FPSacramento5 жыл бұрын
Until the Army green weenie gets your ass with that recall.
@larhondah.27935 жыл бұрын
Im hating lol🤣🤣 4 years left
@gpharaoh69795 жыл бұрын
Xavi 😂
@Grandmsm15 жыл бұрын
😄😂... After that 2 mile run; all the bass in his voice was gone... 😂😂. Still gotta give him respect for finishing strong. 💪🏿👌🏿👍🏿.
@MrJamesJamesJr4 жыл бұрын
Grandmsm1 ☝🏾😂😂🤣🤣🤣☝🏾that was funny!!!!
@ryandan6464 жыл бұрын
Army is gonna be looking to recruit himmmmmm 😂
@MrTypicalPlayer5 жыл бұрын
Easier to pass, harder to max.
@LastMinuite5 жыл бұрын
Facts
@sensessenses71685 жыл бұрын
Yeah for pogs maybe they heavy categories are much harder
@jonathancarshow95735 жыл бұрын
Yeah they showing the minimum for a non combat
@amilcarschettini52905 жыл бұрын
Yup I could pass in it now with my civilian gym routine but in the past I would have to do in additional things to prep
@MrTypicalPlayer5 жыл бұрын
@@jonathancarshow9573 Oh they don't count.
@ayebing5 жыл бұрын
See now this is what happens when a General officer tries CrossFit for a week and decides he thinks its cool. Lol
@Rooted_In_Love5 жыл бұрын
AJB BHM82 Haha
@Fido14885 жыл бұрын
Lmfao. I can actually imagine that is what happened.
@keniciamuhammadtrody42775 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when males do not want females in the Army.
@RandomPerson-nd2ey5 жыл бұрын
@@keniciamuhammadtrody4277 huh, my previous comment seems to have disappeared. In any case, every veteran I know says this is a pathetic joke and another example of lowered standards. When I served, I had trouble trying to meet the standards for the 2 mile run. Under these new standards, I would have an extra 5 minutes to do it. So... what are you talking about? Seriously... I messed up my knee and shoulder back and struggled with asthma back then... even with those at their worst, I could run 2 miles in less than 21:04.
@bev82005 жыл бұрын
🤣
@tylerevans50505 жыл бұрын
This is the vice news I remember
@corlfranco93715 жыл бұрын
yeah. skate and attacking secret agendas. wait.
@chancebrunty67515 жыл бұрын
This is the most accurate and heartbreaking comment on KZfaq.
@InspirebyKhan4 жыл бұрын
“Would rather have a smaller high quality Army then Larger low quality Army”...thats right.
@Datnigganeo4 жыл бұрын
Basic training still needs to get tougher though.
@InspirebyKhan4 жыл бұрын
Neo The One 100% agree. Its BS and way too soft
@itssmoove94354 жыл бұрын
This training is still easy asf🤣
@jensjensen90353 жыл бұрын
That is also fewer wages to pay, so more money can be spent on R/D or procurement
@dimezfresh96973 жыл бұрын
Basically what the Spartans were.
@BuStAzBuStAz5 жыл бұрын
at 4:02 did he just use that MSG as an arm rest?... scary stuff
@romeomk5105 жыл бұрын
He already outranks her by just being a public civilian. The military serves the people.
@32Jonathan325 жыл бұрын
She can’t do anything about it, so. Lol
@erikjarandson54585 жыл бұрын
I suspect you have to be a reporter to get away with that. Or, at least, a civilian with a running camera on you.
@CeeCeeB.5 жыл бұрын
@@romeomk510 uhhhh...lol
@CeeCeeB.5 жыл бұрын
Deluxe Waffles as my Grandaddy said, we forgive you Civvies. You know not what you do. 🤣
@williamjthompsonjr5 жыл бұрын
One month of training and he would murder that test
@cn50075 жыл бұрын
he did anyways
@kilo56595 жыл бұрын
Easy to pass, real hard to max.
@davidhfranz4 жыл бұрын
With the exception of the 2-mile run, he was consistently in the 85-90% range in each event.
@alexz27023 жыл бұрын
Yeah right, dude
@IzaakCha75 жыл бұрын
if only Private Pyle were here today
@deiongoldsmith5155 жыл бұрын
his mind would be blown by the standards oh wait........
@OPTIC231005 жыл бұрын
Best movie ever
@dowardwashington99585 жыл бұрын
Lol.....He was a Marine....lol
@blakebonner11525 жыл бұрын
Isaac Chay wrong branch
@juha2735 жыл бұрын
WHAT DID YOU SAY
@Ervin2v4 жыл бұрын
Me: "I can do that" *opens pack of lays*
@zackscott9034 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@frigityfresh4 жыл бұрын
MSG: “something else ain’t it?” Alzo: “this some bullshyt” Steve Harvey: “We asked 100 soldiers if the ACFT was something else. “Alzo you got the number one answer!”
@boeuf-in9oe5 жыл бұрын
Finally. Took them 40 damn years to change that shit. Being able to do 60 situps doesnt really help in combat. Plus situps screw up your back so Im glad they took it out.
@romeomk5105 жыл бұрын
Now deadlifting with running shoes. Stand-by for the knee and/or lower back injuries.
@Wabbaaajack5 жыл бұрын
the problem is, the equipment for the new test is expensive and difficult to transport for large units. you're not gonna be able to test a large amount of people at the same time. I like the idea of changing the test so it more closely resembles actual combat events, however like the soldier in the video said, a smaller yet better active duty army might better.
@inorite45535 жыл бұрын
The civilian gyms most of us use just don't have the equipment nor the shuttle track to train on these events. Its already been....ummm...interesting trying to get up to speed when off base.
@GrandPines3235 жыл бұрын
@@Wabbaaajack How is throwing a ball over your head behind you relate to anything combat related? 31years of continuous service in this Army, never have I needed to throw anything over my head behind me.
@Wabbaaajack5 жыл бұрын
@@GrandPines323 I think that's more about flexibility, the OPAT has a segment where you throw a weighted ball too, no one I've talked to seems to know why it's even there
@DFluent5 жыл бұрын
Alzo is my favorite vice reporter
@filipsandrejevs95495 жыл бұрын
For me its the guy who went to Sibiria and looked for North Korean working camps.
@kirilbellic36025 жыл бұрын
That style. Who makes that coat?
@ignisel85645 жыл бұрын
@@filipsandrejevs9549 you meant Simon haha
@CeeCeeB.5 жыл бұрын
He's funny
@kangaroobot5 жыл бұрын
I guess the Army got tired of being made fun of by the Marine corps
@Bri-tp4mc5 жыл бұрын
kangaroobot still doing better than air force lol
@m3gatrelos775 жыл бұрын
lol, not really... no one feels bad that a bear is stronger than you or that a cheetah is faster than you, they are just stupid animals who have nothing else. This is pretty much the same when Army thinks of Marines.
@jamesmitchell34965 жыл бұрын
THE. MARINES ARE. NOTHING. UNLESS. THEY. ARE. TALKING. ABOUT. THE. ARMY. THEY. ARE. ENVIOUS OF US. THE. US. ARMY
@m3gatrelos775 жыл бұрын
@@LA_Commander to be fair... there was a $25K signing bonus in the guard for former Marines for a long time.
@m3gatrelos775 жыл бұрын
@@LA_Commander That's why there are no "Ex-Marines" only "Former Marines"
@Sammitch5 жыл бұрын
0:36 look at the soldier walking past with the cone on their head
@ResortGaming5 жыл бұрын
Honestly I came to talk shit since I’m in the marines.. but damn props to the Army this new test is more serious!!
@Wanderer255 жыл бұрын
Yea I've seen marines doing their tests. Looked brutal.
@Elpipiton5 жыл бұрын
Marines rejected me because of a tattoo on my forearm. Now I'm doing Army. In the process working with a recruiter. Really wanted to do Marines but I'm going for 68-w.
@sesshomaruhigurashi33795 жыл бұрын
@@Elpipiton at least in the army you get to pick ur mos
@mgway46614 жыл бұрын
It would be if the minimum scores weren't so damn low
@dylanfulmer44694 жыл бұрын
@@Elpipiton that's what you get for disrespecting your body.
@joshuabarreto93295 жыл бұрын
This video was amazing VICE needs to do more if this. BTW the journalist was great and very fit! Nice job
@teriyakisocks4 жыл бұрын
Joshua Barreto is the journalist your wife’s boyfriend. Asking for a friend
@KrispyKidTay14 жыл бұрын
9 min mile pace pshh...
@jmlebl25 жыл бұрын
I thought the main selling point of pushups, situps and a run was that you could do the test anywhere with no equipment. Now its going to require weights and straps and medicine balls and kettlebells.
@blainray7235 жыл бұрын
Alright boys take everything out of the beaverfit we're gonna do a layout for all the pt shit now...
@sirsatire78025 жыл бұрын
Its to prepare them for combat situations, pushup are a very linear but efficient exercise but compound exercises are better for a soldier
@curtisebert13105 жыл бұрын
mushroom cream pushups are a compound exercise though...
@sirsatire78025 жыл бұрын
@@curtisebert1310 but it's only pushup, it's more efficient and effective to use weighted compounds than primarily body weight
@InvisibleHotdog5 жыл бұрын
And it ignores things like grip strength, back strength, leg strength if done the old way. Is there a less cumbersome way to do the new test? Probably, I'd throw the medicine ball right out, but strength is never a weakness
@johnl29875 жыл бұрын
Damn this was a good piece Vice! Keep this stuff up. I also liked the Alzo, good journalisms.
@TheNewFitness5 жыл бұрын
JOHN L agreed
@keptman255 жыл бұрын
I Retired 14 months ago...Just in Time lol
@BrianSmith-yq7ys5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations I’m done as of 2017 20 F*** Years
@abnrangerjapo5 жыл бұрын
That guys vette same here brother.
@keptman255 жыл бұрын
@@abnrangerjapo thank you for your Service
@abnrangerjapo5 жыл бұрын
Brian Bunce 20 year alumni is the only ‘retired’ title in my opinion
@LoneCrusader5 жыл бұрын
That guys vette thank you for your service
@towleybandito115 жыл бұрын
Ask the soldiers to answer anonymously for an accurate answer to the outdated pt test, you'll be surprised by how far physical fitness has come since the '80s.
@s.tellington5 жыл бұрын
@J_C their actual opinion. If they are anonymous they might not have the risk of getting in trouble if a higher up doesnt like their opinion.
@chriswindham18225 жыл бұрын
I think the exercises are more applicable on this PT test than the previous. However, the standards are too low. If I am not mistaken, they try to make it gender neutral (which isn't a problem in itself). The problem comes in when instead of raising the standards for females, they lower the standard for males to accommodate the females. This is coming from someone who is in a combat MOS' , so a pog perspective may be different. The pt test does seem to accommodate POGs and infantry with different pt standards, which is good.
@g24units835 жыл бұрын
This pt test is better it'll help get the little pussies out the army
@Fido14885 жыл бұрын
@@g24units83 The minimums are way lower now. No one is getting kicked out of the Army.
@CJ-cn3gd5 жыл бұрын
i am a e-6 and i think the new pt test is a waste of time. it starts at the recruiters
@HighlyUnlikely_5 жыл бұрын
Literally just run track for two months and you’ll ace this thing
@justinemoise10374 жыл бұрын
No you won’t dog
@itssmoove94354 жыл бұрын
Shit I’ve been running cross country for 3 years
@camcamcamcamcamcamc3 жыл бұрын
Your forgetting maybe idk four other ducking events that don’t involve running 😂
@HighlyUnlikely_3 жыл бұрын
@@camcamcamcamcamcamc track isn't just running, if you want to get fast you also gotta do tons of weight training.
@mosslinden50585 жыл бұрын
"60 minutes spread over about an hour"
@SquadDirector5 жыл бұрын
You never know, a leap hour may occur.
@Loathomar5 жыл бұрын
No, 6 events over an hour
@Bringmeoneofthosechickens5 жыл бұрын
6 EVENTS spread over about an hour.
@romeomk5105 жыл бұрын
Deaf much?
@Wabbaaajack5 жыл бұрын
@@romeomk510 he definitely failed the hearing test at MEPS
@trojanhell76395 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’d fail the 2 mile run 😂
@kolinmartz5 жыл бұрын
It’s 21 minutes
@trojanhell76395 жыл бұрын
Kolin Martz lol will lose breath after 2 minutes 😆
@marcusaurelius34875 жыл бұрын
Dude you need to train
@dowardwashington99585 жыл бұрын
About 20% of soldiers do already. I believe adding all these extra parts will only higher the percentage to about 40%
@Aaron14LifeZZZ5 жыл бұрын
@@dowardwashington9958 my min run time is right on the edge for my age group. 15:50 +
@michaellim41655 жыл бұрын
Former Army Medic here. I wish I could take this test while I was in. It looks like fun and seriously tests your combat abilities. I'm genuinely interested in this. This is a great move by the Army: first the removal of the berets (absolutely hated them), removal of the ACU's ( who in Gods name approved that POS), and now this.
@mattafakkah5 жыл бұрын
They should teach them to Roll like Abu Hajaar
@frankenbeans93464 жыл бұрын
When your legs don't work like they used to before.
@amandanegrete13064 жыл бұрын
I weighed 100lbs, was in my late 20’s and was anything but physically strong when I went to BCT. Failed my first PT test, but steadily improved when I understood its not 100% about physical strength. In my experience, anyone with heart can give 100% daily and pass the physical and mental requirements.
@NazriB9 ай бұрын
Lies again? Harvard Barcelona Orlando AMWF Car
@amandanegrete13069 ай бұрын
@@NazriB go down the basement and bring that big bag of Dick’s upstairs.
@i_am_agoof_ball59904 жыл бұрын
This called me fat in 5 branches of the military.
@kolinmartz5 жыл бұрын
I think the army should adopt a similar system as the marine corps and have a pft to measure general fitness and a cft to measure combat fitness and then stagger those two tests.
@dowardwashington99585 жыл бұрын
Now that might be a better idea.
@mattbarkley69715 жыл бұрын
Kolin Martz that wouldn’t work. Essentially you have Airborne units and other elite units in the Army that surpass the Marine Corps in whatever tests they use in the battlefield
@armanirichard3225 жыл бұрын
I’ve only been in two infantry units and they each had their own unique combat physical test, failing it wouldn’t get you kicked out the army but your team leader would make your life hell if you did
@dowardwashington99585 жыл бұрын
@smith Western I feel like your numbers should have to mirror your original gender. Ijs.....If I was a woman I'd be upset if someone who was transgendered came in and lapped all the naturally born women's scores.
@huojin015 жыл бұрын
Oh hell no. There's a difference between the two branches. You join the Marines you get their version, same for the Army. No Soldier wants to be a Marine and vice versa. Otherwise there's no point in having separate branches as you might as well just have one huge branch consisting of both. Marines have the most strictest rules Army doesn't and don't need it. There's enough gay rules in the Army already no one wants it to be another Marine Corps. You want to be a Marine you go and earn that title with their rules not in the Army.
@a-fexontop70465 жыл бұрын
I did the acft this weekemd at drill.. Its all good until you pulling that damn 90lb sled.. Everything else is not bad
@zackscott9034 жыл бұрын
the pushups, pullups, and 2 mile run is what worries me, i want to join after graduation and with war on the horizon, will i even be on time for the army
@gublicity4 жыл бұрын
Zack Scott the new pushups are easier for me than the old ones, it’s the damn run and deadlift man, I’m not very muscular or strong so I’m just like shitttt.
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@corujariousa5 жыл бұрын
I praise the army working to improve standards. Quality ahead of quantity, as the officer explained, is key.
@on2wheels3785 жыл бұрын
04:17. I wished the general's superiors had that same attitude...
@jaggsta5 жыл бұрын
more people with guns wins wars not physical fitness. US couldn't even win vietnam vs malnourished viet cong
@on2wheels3785 жыл бұрын
@@jaggsta Jokes on you. Vietnam now is economic and military partners with the US... OR you don't get world events in flat earth land where you live? Vietnam has opened it's arms to the US because of the threat of China encroaching and bullying their neighbors...
@solomonarbc5 жыл бұрын
@@jaggsta Wars are won through maneuvers not superior firepower, because you need local superiority (relocation) instead of armament statistics. Also, a lot of people died in Vietnam, so you shouldn't be joking around since 3 million died, actually. But you don't understand warfare beyond weapon flashes.
@Jpb65835 жыл бұрын
@@jaggsta You do realize the number of bodies the US military has stacked in EVERY SINGLE war (even the ones we "lost") we've been in has been astronomically more than our own losses right? Just because the 10 p.m. news says we didn't win doesn't make it so...
@pavelthefabulous56755 жыл бұрын
@@Jpb6583 Well actually we had a low K/D ratio in the Mexican-American War, but that was a long time ago. The post-WWII U.S. Military is quite effective.
@Infinitegirls5 жыл бұрын
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
@Infinitegirls5 жыл бұрын
@Jer Snipes yes
@mate12cf5 жыл бұрын
And the dude who starved India
@Infinitegirls5 жыл бұрын
@@mate12cf ok
@johnstonefield19354 жыл бұрын
ACFT = failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, failure lol. It's certainly a wakeup call from thinking the APFT was hard! Staying motivated for the leg tuck is especially brutal, 2 minutes feels like an eternity on the bar. At least the 2 mile gets done faster the harder you push yourself.
@stratus106015 жыл бұрын
"This some bull***t" Lmfao
@MrMattumbo5 жыл бұрын
Now this was a good video! You should give the host and his team a raise for producing a nice lighthearted, non-political, but informative segment on something most would otherwise be unaware of.
@PochoNieves5 жыл бұрын
Non-political? The demonstrator was a female... thats political when you have many more capable men. Especially in Fort Bragg where is the home of Special Forces. You have green berets all over that base which are the fittest in the Army but they decided to go with a female... non-political I think not...
@ismth2 жыл бұрын
@@PochoNieves bro… women existing isn’t political 💀
@AkiraFollower5 жыл бұрын
That Major General’s squashed cover though...
@CeeCeeB.5 жыл бұрын
"This some bs" 🤣🥇 Good video. He had me laughing and I love that he did the test
@benhelbert5 жыл бұрын
Scores a 502, still fails combat MOS standards
@joshuaomer96445 жыл бұрын
He would just need to work on his run a little bit, otherwise he crushed all of the other events as far as the combat unit standards go.
@abnrangerjapo5 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha
@bootyeater19614 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@BrokeItself4 жыл бұрын
@@joshuaomer9644 pass at moderate standards non combat mos on the run.
@jessicapassey24715 жыл бұрын
Great job covering this! As a solider, I’m excited for the new ACFT. I think it’s a far better test of our combat readiness than the current APFT.
@wtf12311225 жыл бұрын
Finally the army starts making the right steps! First they got rid of those dumb berets (cool for spec ops, but not needed in the general army). They they went to the multi-cam. All that's left is making the cover more presentable. Not just a smushed hat. Something that makes everyone look more uniform. Aside from that this new test is great. Everything done there is what you would do if your fighting position is under attack.
@carrot925 жыл бұрын
It lowered the standards, people get to rest between pushups, and it’s way too easy to run two miles in under 21 min. This is pathetic
@wtf12311225 жыл бұрын
@@carrot92 I was thinking that at first but I'm sure that's his age group. However, i remember when i was getting out, they were talking about implementing this. The reality is that running 2 miles in 10 min doesnt prove that you can pick up, drag, or carry your buddy. Or transfer ammo from one position to another. Or sprint to a different defensive/offensive position. Which is all combat related, and what the test is about. Oh and they arent resting, what they are attempting to reenact is if you were laying down shooting, which happens a lot, they tried to get up. Then moved and did it again.
@gt1319705 жыл бұрын
@@carrot92 Hand release push ups are harder than regular push ups.
@fondilmabols5 жыл бұрын
@@carrot92 21 min is ridiculous! 10:56 was my best time!
@CountArtha5 жыл бұрын
@@wtf1231122 The Marines did it better. Instead of chucking a medicine ball over your head for distance, you do reps with a 30-pound ammo can for two minutes. Instead of dragging a standard, 90-pound weight, you drag someone who is the same body weight as you.
@synecdoche87835 жыл бұрын
so my fat nephew who wants to join the army to avoid getting a job will fail, lmao
@rusty79844 жыл бұрын
Synecdoche Well if he gets started on losing weight now he probably can
@JH-hu5my4 жыл бұрын
I hate trump
@bidenator97603 жыл бұрын
@@JH-hu5my What sane person doesn't?
@danielamaning57653 жыл бұрын
This is funny
@williamblazkowicz55873 жыл бұрын
@@bidenator9760 trump
@tjcogger19745 жыл бұрын
3:12 that's my AIT instructor right there!
@thecentralman4 жыл бұрын
91B? Looks like ordnance island, only been there once
@fullweezy35535 жыл бұрын
I was in active duty army for 12 years that 2 mile will teach you about yourself lol we did a similar test in bnoc so I say I like where the changes are headed especially if it decreases injuries
@codinginzen87935 жыл бұрын
Shit my 1sg took me and a couple new Joe's on an 8 mile run first day at formation. His little tradition. Fucking marathon runner. That shit will show you want you're made of. Can't slow down or top thinks you're weak. I almost died by the time it was done. Coming from 3 miles average in basic. That was 05 though. Probably get a congressional now if you do something like that
@mr.nobody684 жыл бұрын
Why do I not believe that you went to BNCOC?
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@alejandro94zav5 жыл бұрын
But first Sausage...my profiles says I can’t lift or run
@Florida_War_Tribe5 жыл бұрын
BCC_GK1llA sounds about right lol
@Metathran5 жыл бұрын
Gotta love them Sick Call Rangers lol.
@alejandro94zav5 жыл бұрын
Some Dude Yup 😂😂
@codinginzen87935 жыл бұрын
My favorite was no headgear for a week in Iraq after i got stitches from smashing my forhead off a .50.
@lorwally135 жыл бұрын
Good thing people with profiles longer than 6 months are ready to get the boot 😬
@josephmcgee35935 жыл бұрын
Now the army really finna be issuing out ibuprofen after every PT test.
@johannestiukuvaara99785 жыл бұрын
One of the changes I actually like in the army.
@mirekpilsudski5 жыл бұрын
Im really tired of hearing that stastistic about "only 30% are able to serve". Thats BS. Ive been through the process and enlisted but the rate that MEPs DQs kids is insane. "Oh you have a scar on your back from 20 years ago? Gonna need a consult son." "Wait, you had a broken wrist when you were 10? Gonna have to get a waiver bud." "You said you take melatonin sometimes to help your sleep cycle because you work third shift and have a bad sleep schedule? Thats a sleep disorder kid, PDQ." When MEPs is DQing kids for practically breathing this is the crap you get.
@Nosloveingneko5 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah. Its a big problem in ROTC. Little skin rash that might be exzma? DQ. Weird scar? DQ. Had a hernia? DQ. We had our best runner who was hitting the max points you can get for a run end up medically DQ because of a POSSIBLE case of asthma happening when he was a little kid. Didn't have it now, but POSSIBLY had it 15 years ago. Dude was running 1.5mi in the low 9s and he got DQ because of a single episode of having a hard time breathing as a kid. Its fucking crazy.
@Op-we9dt5 жыл бұрын
Nosloveingneko lul ROTC
@Zachman5435 жыл бұрын
I thought that until I was in for a while. It makes sense, the filtering process prevents people from coming in with a pre-existing risk and injuring themselves. It would cost a fortune to medically retire everyone who’s fucked up.
@mirekpilsudski5 жыл бұрын
@@Zachman543 I'm not talking about serious pre-conditions. They DQ'd a kid when I was a MEPs for taking Melatonin. The doctor said he had an "over the counter addiction to sleep aids". I maintained contact with the kid (my roomate in the hotel the night before) and when he requested his file the doctor had wrote down he suffered from an "anxiety based sleep disorder. He doesnt. And he got in 6 yrs later when the budget opened up. Shit, one of the female doctors tried telling me I had scoliosis and flat feet. 1.) I dont have anything close to scoliosis 2) My arches are actually big. The place is a joke.
@mikeluv43175 жыл бұрын
Thats why recruiters tell there recruits to not say shit when going into MEPS. MEPS purpose is to not have possible profile rangers or slackers in the military. That's why they are so hard when it comes to any medical problems from past resolved or unresolved. When i went to meps niggas was just snitching on themselves like MEPs can not access your personal medical files dumbasses.
@deaustin40185 жыл бұрын
for the AIT final run, our company ran the course in formation. That made it so much easier. No one wanted be be the one who dropped out. Don't know if that would be allowed today.
@SGVB225 жыл бұрын
as a formy army specialist, i'm glad to see the army updating their physical fitness standards, no more profile rangers!!!!!
@fondilmabols5 жыл бұрын
Nothing like strolling thru the gate at 6 hammered for 630 pt and a 10 mile run!
@doccholo9055 жыл бұрын
E4 Mafia for Life
@BreachMePlz5 жыл бұрын
E4 mafia WE OUT HERE
@thegreatdogzilla58555 жыл бұрын
@Wordlife Wordlife if you have a combat mos in 82nd better be fit.
@RickyXayachack5 жыл бұрын
"this some bullshit" 😂 soldiers say this at least 10x a day.
@AnnmusPnda5 жыл бұрын
Better to have a 100 fit, combat-ready soldiers than 1000 unfit, incompetent soldiers.... I love that the US military is doing this and I hope that this will help us become a stronger nation!
@MariNate10162 жыл бұрын
This test is easier than the APFT.
@daviddebergh2545 жыл бұрын
Got medically disqualified from joining any military service back in 2013 because of a collapsed lung (2009) and small intestine surgery when I was born (1995). I would join in a heartbeat if they let me. I lost motivation and gained weight since then. Serve your country well and come back home. Have a blessed day yall.
@pavelthefabulous56755 жыл бұрын
It's ok, you can still go running and shit as I do. Maybe the police would still take you, I don't know though.
@optimalreadiness3 жыл бұрын
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@jr.jorgesandoval94275 жыл бұрын
This is trivial, get on my Mexican grandmas nerve and you won’t even escape the door from the flying flip flop. If you can dodge a flip flop you can dodge a bullet.
@axceldoesgaming48925 жыл бұрын
The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobiccapacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal bodeboop. A sing lap should be completed every time you hear this sound. ding Remember to run in a straight line and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark. Get ready!… Start.
@Psiros5 жыл бұрын
I totally disagree with the different standards between MOSs.
@andrewfarley71925 жыл бұрын
This video was filmed using ait students, and the army is using them as a control group
@mahartma5 жыл бұрын
Yeah no way these were regular enlisters from Virginia, unless they had a time machine back to 1947.
@omarrp145 жыл бұрын
Im looking forward to taking this new test. It seems Impossible to fail and much more difficult to max.
@PrinceMeat4 жыл бұрын
2:14 i love how he says im flyin a drone withmy remote control 1000 miles away to how the general or whatever guy says unmaned aireril system operator. LOL
@yoloswaggins21615 жыл бұрын
If you're a line cook or drone operator you're going to be very grateful that you kept fit if the war ever comes all the way to you.
@spetznaz26945 жыл бұрын
APFT is going to be 3 hours longer
@JK-tu1xx5 жыл бұрын
You should go see what the JTAC has to go through for their qualification test.
@garykubodera95285 жыл бұрын
As a disabled Army vet from the late 80's/90's before the 1st Gulf War, I think this is a good change...I saw several recruits and myself get injured during PT durring basic training at Ft Knox. Its nice they have a sliding scale according to the MOS-job designation-you are going in. And the MSG was right you still need to be in shape even if your a cook or account. The current recruit % that try to join and cannot even pass a simple physical standards as well as the obesity issue has been described as a National Security Issue for several years now. Thanks for this great report! I hope it helps those young men and women get a better idea what is a starting point for them to become a US Serviceman and Servicewomen in the US Army. I also hope the other branches are paying attention to this issue as well. This is a positive step in the right direction!!
@wizzedcam4 жыл бұрын
Signing up next month, looking forward to this definitely 🤙
@optimalreadiness3 жыл бұрын
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@abelramirez73205 жыл бұрын
I understand that the shuttle runs will tire you out pretty good but running a 2 mile in 21 mins or less is literally too easy.
@user-xo2th7xo4w5 жыл бұрын
It depends on your mos. I forget the number but for 11x and 18x dudes I think it's min of 18 minutes
@904czv45 жыл бұрын
Light weight baby!! Ain’t nothing but a peanut!! -Ronnie Coleman
@carlhicksjr84015 жыл бұрын
As a veteran of the Army in the 80's, let me throw some props out to Alzo Slade for doin' the work. There's lots of folks out there who feel mighty free to comment, but have never had to hump the ruck. My time in the Army was marked by the raising of standards across the board, in all phases of military life, as the institution finally recovered itself from the mess of Vietnam and the Hollow Army of the 70's. DA [Dept. of the Army] was getting rid of the professional drunks in the ranks, smoking was slowly being clamped down on. Training standards were raised. Physical standards were being addressed. I well remember the uproar when the Post Commander of the last base I was stationed at ordered that ALL troops on post, whatever their command, did PT every single morning. And issued Article 15s [or NJPs for you anchorheads out there] to every single troop who didn't comply. Even a battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel got a letter of reprimand for no-showing.
@RoninSerradaEscrimadore5 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. I'm glad our men and women finally have a PT test that's built on science and experience.
@wjtruax4 жыл бұрын
As a Marine, I’m pumped that the Army has implemented a no-joke fitness test. I’ve modified my PT program as if I were training for some of these events and that has helped me improve my Marine Corps fitness test scores. I generally don’t give the Army a lot of props, but I will for this one.
@aturner7115 жыл бұрын
Oh so you want to lean on the MSGT 😲. Outstanding!!!!!! You got balls hommie. 🤣
@harryazcrac52235 жыл бұрын
This is Fort Eustis saw a couple of my buddies on here
@itube3165 жыл бұрын
This should be all High School PE Outcomes (adjusted for dif-ability students).
@fatmanwalking86105 жыл бұрын
If you can roll you are good to go
@5urg3x5 жыл бұрын
Wow man great job Alzo! I so would’ve loved to see Thomas Morton do this new PT test lol. Or Moynihan. No way either of them would’ve completed it.
@trentca4 жыл бұрын
Completed it yesterday. It was a joke how easy it was. Literally could walk the 2 mile and still pass now
@Joshua.Carrasco4 жыл бұрын
Trent Caso KZfaq is proud of you!
@parawill70745 жыл бұрын
The Army installations need to create a PT shelter with a 400 meter track specifically designed for this test in each battalion or brigade area, so that the test can be administered in a timely fashion and all the equipment and stations are permanently set up. They shouldn’t leave it up to the individual units to set up this thing.
@manlai36575 жыл бұрын
most high school athlete can pass this test easily
@TravisB6645 жыл бұрын
What it take to pass basic training - nothing at all everyone can do it
@buyukcavus98405 жыл бұрын
This is probably the best VICE journalist..
@indyjons3215 жыл бұрын
At least they tested it on "Non-combat" MOS's
@stanleysuazo-ravelo28665 жыл бұрын
4:01 SHARP!! SHAAARRRPP!!
@bootyeater19614 жыл бұрын
Stanley 😂😂😂😂 in tears
@kirilbellic36025 жыл бұрын
The host has nice style. Who makes that coat? I must have it.
@PauhovXiong5 жыл бұрын
Glad I got out last month 😂😂😂 *laughs in DD214*
@macburger50265 жыл бұрын
PauhovXiong thx for your service. How long were you in?
@TheIsaiah20765 жыл бұрын
I’m taking the asvab Monday and I was looking forward to the old school push ups, pull ups, and running. This looks way to easy tho.
@pololavish57745 жыл бұрын
Looks easy on video but trust me it gets hard lol
@jamespaster75985 жыл бұрын
But can you shoot 🤷🏾♂️😂
@quiandranunnery40923 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! None of this has to do with combat!!😂😂😂 Shooting ability and your combat traing has everything yo don with what you do down range. Coupled with the job you learned in AIT.
@eliflores87005 жыл бұрын
Looks like I’m getting a PT profile 🤷🏽♂️
@calamansijuice68375 жыл бұрын
Eli Flores 💀💀💀💀
@boeuf-in9oe5 жыл бұрын
Cant run 2 miles at a 10:30 min pace?
@jamaallewis35205 жыл бұрын
No approved alternate events yet. So you might get out
@codinginzen87935 жыл бұрын
@Charlie Keiner I fought more firefights in PT's than in my acus
@optimalreadiness3 жыл бұрын
Are you looking for minimal equipment optimal performance training? As a special operations veteran and certified strength and conditioning specialist, I can help you with your needs and goals through effective programming backed by science and experience. DM or email me at metacfitness@gmail.com for more details. Thank you.
@luisprado71075 жыл бұрын
Make the General do the PT test if he gon talk all that talk.
@dkel43413 жыл бұрын
This old general has a point. In GWOT, most of the support personnel are protected by combat personnel. Usually the offense from the opposing force was minimal and the support personnel wouldn’t have to fight. However, in a conventional war there would be a much higher chance of having to actually fight off an attack as a “non combat” support soldier. It’s like the marines say, every marine is a rifleman first. The army needs to have the attitude that every soldier is a rifleman first. No more of this, well I’m a truck driver I don’t need to be combat ready. Yeah until you get ambushed by an opposing conventional army unit, your truck gets disabled, and you have to get out and fight right along side the infantry escorting you because you are out numbered.
@NINJUNK005 жыл бұрын
The way he just put his arm on a MSGT scares me
@GinIchimaru315 жыл бұрын
Looks like someone needs a SHARP slideshow.
@NINJUNK005 жыл бұрын
@@GinIchimaru31 oh god not again lol
@GinIchimaru315 жыл бұрын
@@NINJUNK00 Haha
@Smosh8425 жыл бұрын
Why is the US army training like a high school football team lmao.
@42svb585 жыл бұрын
I had to lift on my own time which meant waiting for the gym to open at 0500 before morning formation since gym PT was banned. And this was when I wasn't deployed, doing LFX, or something else. Good luck with that!
@Evravon5 жыл бұрын
I still think the two mile run is such a bad idea. After years of doing those things multiple times per week, they take a toll on your body. A lot of people end up with bad knee or back problems.
@555125kevin5 жыл бұрын
so happy I'm getting out
@ashwinmoses82775 жыл бұрын
Yeah right, we haven't even started the new PT test, they've been saying this for years and nothing's happened...
@joshuaomer96445 жыл бұрын
Starts next year. Equipment is being bought, they've increased the number of units testing it. I've been around for several false alarms, but this looks like it's the real deal.
@orangepredator50053 жыл бұрын
19:16 to run 2 miles!? And he said he thought he was in shape😂🤣
@JohnLee-kl4tc5 жыл бұрын
Thanks VICE i really needed this. Im Training to join the army as a 68W (Combat Medic) and now i can adapt my whole routine for the changes.
@christophergaiser54825 жыл бұрын
this is so pog
@renegadesigma5 жыл бұрын
"This is so POG" Says the infantryman that has no job skills after they get out/kicked out of the Army. Only idiots say "POG" or "legs".
@tortureddummies16725 жыл бұрын
RenegadeArmy stay mad pog!!!🤟🤟🤟🤟
@renegadesigma5 жыл бұрын
@@tortureddummies1672 I mean, I'm set for life while you keep flipping burgers so it's really not my problem.
@williambuttnerii15075 жыл бұрын
A bunch of people on here seem to still believe there is age brackets...there's not. There is also no gendered scores. And for all the people that are talking about how they used to run blah blah blah when they were in, you didn't do it after deadlifts and shuttle sprints with weights sooooo yeah. It's easy to say oh I can run an 11:30 2-mile run or can do 100 situps and pushups cause you only weight 125 soaking wet, but then can't so much as deadlift 200 pounds (average weight of Soldier in full kit). New test will def be a better measurement of fitness within the Army, and will certainly seek to get rid of those profile riders who have been non-combat ready since 2009 (no, seriously I've seen these people come through my office).
@tdurden95325 жыл бұрын
You sound like an Obese POG stfu, all those tests are a joke
@Dero_milsurp5 жыл бұрын
@@tdurden9532 William must have struck a nerve lil Tyler. Gonna be funny when those POGs out perform you lil ass on the new test hahahahahaha
@tdurden95325 жыл бұрын
@@Dero_milsurp 😂 found another pog. All of those tests old and new are a joke
@Dero_milsurp5 жыл бұрын
Tyler Durden you’re so cute getting insecure. Big bad grunt huffing and puffing 😂😂😂
@dl5fse9905 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, was just talking about this yesterday
@GoodnessandTruth5 жыл бұрын
I agree with the statement on every soldier needing to be in shape. The future battlefield may not have the luxury of bases being safehavens.