Army Combat Fitness Test Evaluation for Air Forces Liaison Servicemen

Abstract

The Armed Forces of Ukraine still use Physical Fitness tests from the former Soviet system of military physical training, developed in the last century. The article is assigned to solve an actual issue of Army Combat Fitness Test application for Physical Military Readiness evaluation in Armed Forces of Ukraine. The study was directed on ACFT mastering by servicemen, physical fitness evaluation and assessment of Military Tasks Performance and investigation of relationships between ACFT results and Military Tasks Performance. 78 servicemen (male, the average age – 27.7 years) from Air Forces Liaison units were engaged. An 8-week study demonstrated improvement in ACFT performance by Air Forces Liaison personnel. Leg tuck results demonstrated 36.6 % increase, Push-ups – 26.4 % increase, 3-Repetition maximum deadlift – 12,7 % increase, Standing Power Throw – 7.3 % increase and 2-mile Run demonstrated 4.5 % improvement. ACFT events (except of Leg tuck) demonstrated correlation (from 0.31 to 0.7) with the results of Military Tasks. In general, total ACFT scoring showed significantly moderate correlation with Military Tasks Performance. The results of the conducted experiment proved the possibility of using the ACFT to assess the Physical Military Readiness of servicemen in Armed Forces of Ukraine.