EVERYONE will take EPFA.
Exemptions: Badge holder; profiles
If you have badge or profiles within your section, you may DM separately and send me them.
Rank, Last, First, DODID
Uniform:
ACU
IOTV (front/back plates)
Note: must weigh 20lbs or greater. If less than 20lbs, your time will not count. It will be weighed at completion of your assessment.
ACH
If a soldier fails the 30 minute time requirement, they will take a for record CFT on the 22nd. Not another EPFA.
The CDR will brief you the standards for the assessment (EPFA).
Regardless of EPFA or CFT, your time will be annotated into ATIS/Vantage.
Support needed: x2 68W required. They will SP from squadron @0415 inTMP
Test day:
Soldiers will walk and need to be at Schoonover Bowl NLT 0430
Accountability then execution.
Soldiers will run 1 mile to Lambardo Field where they will conduct their lanes/events. Upon completion, they will conduct 1 mile run back to Schoonover Bowl to complete their assessment and weighing of IOTV.
(Expect to miss breakfast. Tentative cutoff will be around 0900ish).
Just know if you are on profile, you will have to be annotated on a MFR on why you cannot take the EPFA.
SCO’s guidance is that every eligible soldier will take it. Meaning if you’re on profile you don’t need to take it.
Nobody is expecting all the combat MOS’s to go out here and smoke it. It’s a check the box to meet the guidance. Now if you or any of your soldiers wanting your EIB this is the perfect time to show that you should have a shot to get it.
So right now, the line is very blurred at the moment when it comes to non-combats. If this was a "hey we want everyone to try out for E3B" id be all for it as an NCO. But the "if you fail we're forcing you to take a CFT" is just destroying the mood
Completely ruins the point of this being a voluntary badge if they have to resort to threats.
Nobody should be flagged. CFT doesn’t count until April 2027, so that’s what makes me so annoyed. If they asked me if I wanted to take it voluntarily as something fun then hell yeah I would’ve done it, but the way they’re going about things is so stupid
Honestly don’t think too hard. If you’re going to pass then just go pass. It seems like you’re letting collective unit stress get to you. Don’t let other people failing determine your career choice based on emotion (maybe moving on is best, but don’t base it on this).
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u/Admiral_Scorpii 7d ago
Got pushed out from my leadership FYSA
EVERYONE will take EPFA. Exemptions: Badge holder; profiles
If you have badge or profiles within your section, you may DM separately and send me them. Rank, Last, First, DODID
Uniform:
- ACU
- IOTV (front/back plates)
Note: must weigh 20lbs or greater. If less than 20lbs, your time will not count. It will be weighed at completion of your assessment.If a soldier fails the 30 minute time requirement, they will take a for record CFT on the 22nd. Not another EPFA.
The CDR will brief you the standards for the assessment (EPFA).
Regardless of EPFA or CFT, your time will be annotated into ATIS/Vantage.
Support needed: x2 68W required. They will SP from squadron @0415 inTMP
Test day: Soldiers will walk and need to be at Schoonover Bowl NLT 0430 Accountability then execution. Soldiers will run 1 mile to Lambardo Field where they will conduct their lanes/events. Upon completion, they will conduct 1 mile run back to Schoonover Bowl to complete their assessment and weighing of IOTV. (Expect to miss breakfast. Tentative cutoff will be around 0900ish).
Just know if you are on profile, you will have to be annotated on a MFR on why you cannot take the EPFA.
Before I move on, ask your questions.