Are any adjustments made to the APFT scores for altitude?

[sabot_round]

I give everyone in my unit a 30 day acclimatization period regardless of rank or age. After that everything else is game...you either pass or fail!! By Army standards you don't get any special treatment because of altitude.

[jerrymrc]

No adjustment for altitude in the Army. Of course it works in reverse as well. My best 2MI run time was like 13.20 as I was always a 14 flat kind of guy and my second mile was faster than my first. On the flight back from Bolivia after living @ 15000' for 7 months we were offered a PT test the next day at Ft Riley. I was never a 300 kind of troop but I got close that day as I remember.

[HoneyBadger]

Yep, Air Force has an altitude adjustment. It's a graduated scale, but at 8500 Ft, it would still only be about 20-25 seconds in your favor. At Peterson it is about 10-15 seconds, depending on your time (this part doesn't make any sense to me.. Why should you get more or less of an adjustment if you are faster or slower? Shouldn't everyone at that altitude get the same adjustment?)

[TheBelly]

My fastest time was 10:42. That was over a decade ago, and I was an eager angry young trooper.

my understanding is that it's in a Ft Carson CG's policy letter (the physical fitness one) that a Soldier gets 30 days to acclimate before a record APFT can be done.

I'm not there anymore, so I can't confirm/deny what MG LaCamera has.

[theGinsue]

I was just talking to a Capt. About the USAF acclimation period today. When I arrived at Peterson in '95 (from St. Louis area), they were required to give you 6 months to acclimate. Apparently the "required" part no longer exists. This Capt. (O3) was required to test within a week of arriving from his previous (low-alt) assignment. We just got a 1Lt in last week who is testing in a couple of weeks.

[HoneyBadger]

I was just talking to a Capt. About the USAF acclimation period today. When I arrived at Peterson in '95 (from St. Louis area), they were required to give you 6 months to acclimate. Apparently the "required" part no longer exists. This Capt. (O3) was required to test within a week of arriving from his previous (low-alt) assignment. We just got a 1Lt in last week who is testing in a couple of weeks.

When I PCSd to Colorado Springs 2 years ago, I was allowed 42 days to acclimate if I wanted, but you can always take a voluntary test whenever you want.

[airborneranger]

I was just talking to a Capt. About the USAF acclimation period today. When I arrived at Peterson in '95 (from St. Louis area), they were required to give you 6 months to acclimate. Apparently the "required" part no longer exists. This Capt. (O3) was required to test within a week of arriving from his previous (low-alt) assignment. We just got a 1Lt in last week who is testing in a couple of weeks.

There you go again, telling your fibs. Everyone knows that the AF doesn't take fitness tests, let alone within weeks of arriving to a new unit. What do you take us for???

[Tim K]

My fastest time was 10:42.

That was smoking fast. I felt pretty good running a 15:30 without barfing.

[airborneranger]

My fastest time was 10:42. That was over a decade ago, and I was an eager angry young trooper.

That is fast. My fastest time was as an infantry company commander in Germany - 11:35.

[Dave]

My best was 13:12, which for a 6'1" 225 lb guy isn't shabby. Had a guy in AIT that was Ugandan and his first APFT run was 9:30. He wasn't even breathing hard after, just wiped his face off with his t-shirt and stretched for a minute. Pissed of our CO who always bragged about his 10:30 times, which isn't bad at all for an aviation officer. Poor guy tried to take the kid on a run all over Ft Eustis to wear him out, not the best idea he ever had.