QUANTICO, Va. — Officials with the Marine Corps Warfighting lab have announced plans to conduct a technical assessment to replace the current Combat Fitness Test with a Garrison Fitness Test more reflective of a contemporary environment Marines are likely to face in the future. The existing CFT is required semi-annually to measure individual endurance to the rigors of combat.
“We’re basing everything on the Marine Corps getting back to a peacetime mindset,” said Brigadier General Kevin J. Killea, Commanding General of Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. “After thirteen years of a sustained presence in overseas war zones fighting militant insurgencies, eliminating terrorists, and training foreign security forces, we really need to get back to painting rocks.”
Capt. James Pineiro, ground Combat Element branch head for the Warfighting Lab’s Science and Tech Division, said reintroducing time-tested technologies like floor buffers and Simple Green through the Garrison Fitness Test will encourage Marines to embrace the ethos of the garrison spirit of the Marine Corps.
