FORT EUSTIS, Va. — The Army's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) announced today plans to offer a two-mile Walmart scooter ride as an alternate event for the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT).
"We've been seeking to make the APFT more closely approximate the physical demands required of soldiers in today's combat environment," said TRADOC Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport. "The Walmart scooter ride puts to the test one's ability to walk minimal distances, transition to and from a seated position, and exercise a modicum of fine motor control, which is all that is required of a majority of soldiers nowadays."
The event will entail parking in a handicap parking space at a local Walmart, walking approximately thirty yards to the entrance, boarding a mobility scooter, navigating a two mile course that winds up and down the aisles, then returning to the parking space.
