A soldier performs a leg tuck during a pilot Army Combat Readiness Test at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The leg tuck is one of six events featured in this new test, which could hit the force as early as next summer. (Stephanie Slater/Army)
Sgt. 1st Class Kimberlee Hilliard, an Army Reserve soldier and master fitness trainer with the Army Physical Fitness School, observes for proper form as soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington perform T pushups. The pushups measure upper body muscular endurance. (Stephanie Slater/Army)
A soldier with the Washington National Guard performs a 420-pound, three-repetition deadlift during a pilot Army Combat Readiness Test Aug. 4 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The deadlift is one of six test events proposed in the new Combat Readiness Test. (Stephanie Slater/Army)
A soldier with the Washington National Guard positions a 10-pound medicine ball as part of the standing power throw test event during a pilot Army Combat Readiness Test Aug. 4, 2017, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (Stephanie Slater/Army)
Staff Sgt. Brandon Laspe and Lt. Col. David Feltwell demonstrate how to pull a drag sled as part of a sprint-drag-carry event Aug. 3, 2017. Laspe and Feltwell are with the U. S. Army Center for Initial Military Training located at Fort Eustis, Virginia, the proponent for the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness concept, which includes a proposed Army Combat Readiness Test. (Stephanie Slater/Army)