AFT Combat MOS Requirements — 24 Specialties & 350-Point Standard

General and Combat AFT Standards

The Army Fitness Test has two scoring standards. A Soldier’s MOS or AOC—not the unit where the Soldier happens to be assigned—determines which standard applies. There is no separate “significant demand” 325-point AFT tier.

The 24 AFT Combat Specialties

The following MOSs and AOCs are the updated Combat-standard list under Army Directive 2026-07. Its April 2026 update added 12D, 89D and 89E to the older 21-specialty list. The list includes enlisted, warrant officer, and commissioned officer specialties.

Sources: U.S. Army AFT guidance and Army Directive 2026-07, paragraph 4.b.(2) and enclosure 2.

How the 350-Point Rule Works

The Combat score is the sum of five event scores, each worth up to 100 points. The Soldier passes only when both conditions are true: every event is worth at least 60 points and the five-event total is at least 350. Seventy points per event is the average needed to reach 350, not a mandatory score in each event.

Example: event scores of 60, 68, 72, 75, and 75 total 350, so they satisfy both rules. Scores of 59, 71, 73, 73, and 74 also total 350 but fail because one event is below 60.

Combat implementation began January 1, 2026 for the Regular Army and Active Guard Reserve, and June 1, 2026 for the Army Reserve and Army National Guard. Commanders may set training goals for other Soldiers, but they cannot apply the Combat standard as an official pass/fail requirement to a non-designated specialty.

Permanent Profiles and the Combat Standard

A Soldier with a permanent profile is assessed on the events the Soldier is medically authorized to perform. Under the Combat standard, the Soldier must average at least 70 points across those performed events and must pass an authorized alternate aerobic event when one is required. If the profile specifies the stationary bike or row, check the AFT bike standards or AFT row standards on their dedicated pages; neither changes which MOS uses Combat scoring. A temporary profile follows its own recovery and testing guidance; it does not automatically convert the record test into a permanent-profile calculation.

AFT Combat Standard vs. the 2026 Combat Field Test

The Combat Field Test (CFT) is a separate field assessment introduced in April 2026. It does not replace the five-event AFT. Its seven events are performed continuously in uniform, with one overall time standard regardless of age or sex. The April directive added 12D, 89D and 89E to both the CFT specialty list and the AFT Combat standard, making 24 current designated specialties.

The order of the seven CFT stations is explained on the linked CFT page. If you meant the older Army Combat Fitness Test standards, that was a six-event, 600-point test; its name and scorecard should not be used to interpret the current AFT Combat threshold.

Regular Army Soldiers and Reserve Component Soldiers on active orders for at least 365 days in the designated CFT specialties take one AFT and one CFT each year. Other Reserve Component Soldiers in those specialties alternate between the AFT and CFT annually. The Army established a 365-day CFT diagnostic period during which no adverse administrative actions are taken solely because of a CFT failure. See the official Army Combat Field Test announcement for implementation details, and use our Combat Field Test time checker and seven-event guide for the distinct CFT rules.