APFT isn’t the ultimate test of fitness, that’s why I also included some other stuff in my first post. I mentioned the APFT because it is one objective measure of being “reasonably fit”. Active duty lightfighters (11-X, 18-X and the like) routinely score 275+ in the “18-21 male” group without too much effort, …at least we did when I was soldiering for a living.

APFT scores are calculated by how many pushups and situps you can do in 2 min (meaning 2 min for each event), and by a timed 2 mile run on a flat course (like a school track) while wearing PT clothes.

SFAS stands for “Special Forces Assessment and Selection” aka “selection” and is a prerequisite for the Q-Course. It’s several weeks long and consists of mostly ruck marching and orienteering. It’s a weed-out course designed to cull the SF students prior to the phase training.

Gary