Sailors should expect that the Navy will once again require them to take physical fitness tests twice a year, as mandated by the Pentagon, the service’s top enlisted sailor told Task & Purpose.

“What I believe is going to happen — because the [Navy Administrative Message] has not been released yet — is we will go to two PT tests a year,” said Master Chief Officer of the Navy John Perryman. “For the majority of our sailors outside of our combat arms ratings, it will be the PT test we take now. It will just be given twice a year.”

The Navy’s Physical Readiness Test involves a 1.5-mile run, pushups, and planks.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, sailors had been required to take the test twice a year. But the Navy canceled fitness assessments in March 2020 due to the pandemic, and the followi

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