US Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (CFT)

The PFT's partner, taken between July and December, and built to look like work rather than athletics. Movement to contact is a timed 880-yard run; the ammunition lift presses a 30lb ammunition can overhead to locked elbows as many times as possible in two minutes; maneuver under fire is a 300-yard course of sprints, crawls, a casualty drag and carry, an ammunition can carry and a simulated grenade throw. Each event is worth up to 100 points, and the published pass is 150 with at least 40 per event. The 210-point combat arms standard introduced in 2026 applies to the PFT, not this test. If you only train for runs and pull-ups, the maneuver under fire course is where the gaps show.