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Road show elaborates on Combat Fitness Test
Quantico team visits Station, explains guidelines with service members
By Lance Cpl. Brandon Dulaney         
Staff Writer

Photo by Sgt. Andy Kalwitz                

           Marines demonstrate proper execution of the exercises that make up
           the Combat Fitness Test during a combat fitness road show, Oct. 29.

      A combat fitness road show visited the Station Theater as part of a Corps-wide tour to inform service members of changes in Marine Corps policy, Oct. 29.
      The team of Marines leading the road show traveled from Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., and specifically underscored the recently implemented Combat Fitness Test.
      Col. Brian McGuire, the fitness resource programs officer with Training and Education Command, first explained the necessity of the new bi-annual training requirement in today’s Corps, particularly related to the deployment cycle.
      “When a young American walks into a recruiter’s office, he or she knows where they’re going to be going pretty quickly… in many cases, within six months or so, they’re going to a hot place,” said McGuire. “And I don’t mean environmentally hot.”
      McGuire said Marine Corps officials consulted the Naval Health Research Center, physiologists from a variety of universities and other experts when developing and modifying the test.