PFT (Physical Fitness Test) day! Every six months during enlistment Marines have to pass PFTs. The Marines have to do three exercises in this test: run 3 miles, 2 minutes of crunches (as many as possible) and pull-ups (as many as possible).
The PFT scores are broken into a class score and age bracket. Age ranges are 17-26, 27-39, 40-45, and 46+. The classes are unqualified (unq-ing), 3rd class, 2nd class, and 1st class.
Recruits and Marines, regardless of age, are required to do a minimum of 3 pull-ups or 15 second flexed arm hangs for femals. Crunches minimums are 50, 45, 45, and 40 for their respective age groups for both sexes. Maximum run time for males are 28, 29, 30, and 33 minutes and for females they are 31, 32, 33, and 36 minutes for their respective age groups.
Crunches are 1 point each, each pull-up counts for 5 points and each 10 seconds on the run are worth 1 point counting from a perfect score of an 18 minute run. The perfect score would be 300 points. Minimum passing for 17-26 year olds (Jeremiah's bracket) is 135 points.
3rd class is minimum of 135 points, 2nd class a minimum of 175 points and 1st class is minimum of 225 points. As the ages increase, then the class scores decrease.
These scores are used to increase rank for Recruits and Marines. They can also help the Marine or Recruit become eligible for certain MOSs. If an overweight recruit or Marine has a 1st Class PFT, then they are allowed to have a max of 20% body fat and still be considered okay on their weight. If they don't, they max body fat is 18%. If they exceed 18% body fat and don't have a 1st Class PFT, they will be put into a physical conditioning program to obtain the require weight or percent of body fat. Luckily Jeremiah is not overweight by any stretch of the imagination! I'm kind of curious as to what his score was...
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