JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. (Army News Service, Oct. 10, 2014) -- Before the sun peeks over the horizon, the Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), are already hard at work preparing the caisson horses for the day's solemn duties.
The US Army is in the process of reevaluating the physical fitness test and may actually create two versions - Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) and Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT). You can read more on this page about the new tests and what locations are currently trying the new tests.
Fortunately for him and the Army, the team at the U.S. Army Physical Fitness School - a unit that falls under Hertling's command at the U.S. Army Basic Training Center of Excellence at Fort Jackson, S.C. - had spent the last decade in an all-out effort to rewrite the Army's manual on physical readiness training.