Boots on the Ground: Purpose and Efficacy of United States Army Occupational Physical Assessment Test
by Russell Nowels, MS and Anthony M. Soika, MS, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
TSAC Report
April 2017
Vol 45, Issue 1
A comprehensive but realistic battery of tests can reveal those who are sufficiently fit and athletic to immediately assimilate into training with the least possible likelihood of failure or injury. The Occupational Physical Assessment Test (OPAT) was designed to identify those individuals and screen out those who require further physical development.
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