JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
When do I PT Test?
Clearly, there is a lot of focus on physical fitness right now. With all the changes in Air Force Instruction 36-2905, Air Force Fitness Program, the incidental regulation changes are sometimes overlooked. For example, there has been a significant change in the AFI 36-2301, which covers Professional Military Education. The item I want to highlight is the requirement that all attendees must have a passing current fitness assessment before they are allowed to attend. It also states your FA must remain current through the duration of PME. Another situation where your prescribed testing months can change is deployment. Tour lengths and location requirements will dictate if a test must be administered before you deploy. This is to ensure that you have a current FA throughout your deployment. Again, this means you could test earlier than you originally planned. These are just two examples I've heard recently, but as changes are published in other AFIs there may be other instances in the future. This just reiterates that we need to be physically ready, no matter when our test is "supposed to" be administered.