The short answer
- The combat standard applies to 21 specialties named in Army Directive 2025-06, plus 12D, 89D and 89E, which Army Directive 2026-07 added on 17 April 2026.
- The combat standard needs 60 points in every event and a total of 350. The general standard needs 60 in every event, so the lowest possible total is 300.
- The combat standard took effect on 1 January 2026 for the Regular Army and 1 June 2026 for the rest of the Reserve and Guard.
- The Combat Field Test is a separate pass or fail test for the same specialties. It has no points and does not replace the AFT.
By the Military PT Test Calculator team. The standards and the specialty lists are taken from the text of Army Directive 2025-06 and Army Directive 2026-07. No figure here comes from a score table.
Last updated on 13 November 2026. How pages are made: editorial policy.
The 24 specialties on the combat standard
Army Directive 2025-06 listed 21 area of concentration and military occupational specialty codes. Army Directive 2026-07 added three more, and its enclosure gives the job titles.
- 11A Infantry Officer, 11B Infantry Soldier, 11C Indirect Fire Infantry Soldier, 11Z Senior Infantry Leader
- 12A Engineer Officer, 12B Combat Engineer, 12D Army Diver
- 13A Field Artillery Officer, 13F Fire Support Specialist
- 180A Special Forces Warrant Officer, 18A Special Forces Officer, 18B Weapons Sergeant, 18C Engineer Sergeant, 18D Medical Sergeant, 18E Communications Sergeant, 18F Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant, 18Z Team Sergeant
- 19A Armor Officer, 19C Bradley Fighting Vehicle Crewman, 19D Cavalry Scout, 19K M1 Armor Crewman, 19Z Armor Senior Sergeant
- 89D Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist, 89E Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer
12D, 89D and 89E are the three added on 17 April 2026. The directive made them combat specialties "effective immediately" and does not state a separate start date for them.
What each standard needs
| General standard | Combat standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Who | Every specialty not on the list | The 24 listed specialties |
| Each event | At least 60 points | At least 60 points |
| Total | At least 300, which 60 in each of five events already makes | At least 350 |
| Normed by | Sex and age | Age only (sex-neutral) |
Five events at 60 points each make 300, so 300 is the lowest total a soldier on the general standard can post. The combat standard asks for 50 more. One event under 60 fails either test, whatever the total.
The tables do not explain their "M|C" and "F" column labels. The AFT calculator reads the combat standard from the M|C column, a reading the directive does not state in words.
When each standard took effect
| Group | General standard | Combat standard |
|---|---|---|
| Regular Army, Active Guard Reserve, Reserve soldiers on orders of more than 60 days | 1 June 2025 | 1 January 2026 |
| Other Reserve and National Guard soldiers | 1 June 2025 | 1 June 2026 |
The directive adds that no adverse administrative action is taken if a soldier cannot reach the combat standard before those dates.
Combat soldiers on a permanent profile
A combat specialty soldier with a permanent profile takes every event the profile allows. The pass line is an average of 70 points or higher on those events. Four events need 280, three need 210, two need 140 and one needs 70.
The directive gives a go on the alternate aerobic event 70 points only for semi-centralized promotions. How that event counts inside the pass line is not stated. The guide to the alternate events covers what the Army does state.
The Combat Field Test is a different test
Army Directive 2026-07 created the Combat Field Test for the same specialties. It has seven events in sequence:
- a 1 mile run
- 30 dead-stop push-ups
- a 100 meter sprint
- 16 forty-pound sandbag lifts onto a 65 inch platform
- a 50 meter carry of two 5-gallon water cans
- a 50 meter movement drill of a 25 meter high crawl and a 25 meter rush
- a second 1 mile run
It is pass or fail with no points. No event is timed on its own. The total time for all seven decides the result. The directive leaves the time standard for the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 to publish.
The test took effect on 17 April 2026. A one-year transition follows, in which no administrative action comes solely from a failed Combat Field Test. Full implementation begins 365 days after the directive date, which is 17 April 2027.
A soldier who fails is flagged and enrolled in reconditioning training, and must retake the test within 90 days. Reserve and Guard soldiers who are not Active Guard Reserve or on orders of 365 days or more get 180 days.
The directive says the Combat Field Test is not a substitute for the AFT. Regular Army, Active Guard Reserve and Reserve soldiers on orders of 365 days or more take one of each a year, at least 4 months apart. Other Reserve and Guard combat soldiers take one test a year, alternating between the two.
Combat and general standard questions
Does a woman in a combat specialty use the same standard as a man?
Yes. Army Directive 2025-06 calls the combat standard sex-neutral and age-normed. The general standard is normed by sex and age.
What if I am in a combat specialty and score 340 with every event above 60?
That passes the general standard but not the combat standard. The directive says such soldiers are subject to in-service reclassification or utilization according to the needs of the Army.
Is a score on the Combat Field Test counted in points?
No. Army Directive 2026-07 designs the Combat Field Test as pass or fail with no points. The Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 is to publish its time standard.
Other ways into the combat and general standards
Sources
3 official documents
- Army Publishing Directorate. Army Directive 2025-06, Army Fitness Test, 17 April 2025. Read 12 November 2026.
- Army Publishing Directorate. Army Directive 2026-07, Army Physical Fitness Standards, 17 April 2026. Read 12 November 2026.
- Army Publishing Directorate. ATP 7-22.01, the Army's fitness testing publication, 12 March 2026. Read 12 November 2026.