Fort Meade prepares for new Army Combat Fitness Test
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Osvaldo Equite Cyber Center of Excellence Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Detachment - Fort Meade FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., (May 17, 2019) – Sweaty faces, grimaced looks, and smiles abounded as 114 noncommissioned officers completed Army Combat Fitness Test Level II Grader validation training from May 13-17, 2019, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. A mobile training team from Fort Gordon, Georgia’s Cyber Center of Excellence NCO Academy provided the training by teaching, coaching, and administering the ACFT as Fort Meade prepares to implement the test per Army directives. For that reason, the CCoE NCOA Detachment at Fort Meade coordinated and hosted the MTT to train and certify NCOs from 10 different units across the installation. “I feel implementing a new test was something overdue,” said Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Peoples, a Miami, Florida native and an ACFT Level III Grader-Instructor with the training team. “This test will force individuals to take a ...