Army Fit: 2CR prepares for the new ACFT
Story by Sgt. LaShic Patterson 2d Cavalry Regiment VILSECK, Germany – Training under January’s motto of readiness, Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment conducted a two-day leader professional development training to cover the Army Combat Fitness Test in Vilseck, Germany, Jan. 16-17, 2019. The purpose of the LPD was to ensure that leaders have an understanding of the ACFT, have performed the ACFT and have the opportunity to provide feedback on how to improve its future implementations. “The S3 [training and operations] shop is going to walk us through all of the events; we’ll learn all [of] the standards, try all of the events and make sure you meet the standard,” said Lt. Col. Andrew Gallo, commander of the 3/2CR. “Obviously, some of you may be doing some of these exercises for the first time. The intent is beyond tomorrow, to the extent we can, that we start training our formations on this test so that we can lean forward, and this can be done simply by addi...