SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Safety and control people should be at the test site, depending on local policy and conditions. Medical personnel may also be there. However, they do not have to be on site to have the APFT conducted. At a minimum, the OIC or NCOIC should have a plan, known to all test personnel, for getting medical help if needed.
Test Site The test site should be fairly flat and free of debris. It should have the following: ● An area for stretching and warming up. ● A soft, flat, dry area for performing push-ups and sit-ups.
Figure 14-2
14-9
A flat, 2-mile running course with a solid surface and no more than a three-percent grade. (Commanders must use good judgement; no one is expected to survey terrain.) ● No significant hazards, (for example, traffic, slippery road surfaces, heavy pollution). When necessary or expedient, a quarter-mile running track can “be used. It can be marked with a series of stakes along the inside edge. When the track is laid out, a horizontal midline 279 feet, 9 3/4 inches long must be marked in the center of a clear area. A 120-foot circle is marked at both ends of this line. The track is formed when the outermost points of the two circles are connected with tangent lines. (See Figure 14-2.) ●