Spec. Iisa Stephens gets into form for the pull-up

Spec. Iisa Stephens gets into form for the pull-up segment of the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) during Army Medicine (Central Region) Best Warrior competition, held April 8-12 and hosted by Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC), Fort Hood, Texas. Grading him is Sgt. Leanne Penning, the noncommissioned officer in charge of CRDAMC’s Neonatal Intensive Care unit. Soldiers must complete as many hand-release push-ups as possible in two minutes. Stephens won Soldier of the Year honors for Public Health Command-Central, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The 6-part ACFT incorporates functional fitness exercises such as dead lifts, pull-ups, sprinting, power throws and other exercises to mimic battlefield tasks such as extracting casualties, pulling vehicles, lifting heavy equipment boxes, jumping across and over obstacles and reacting quickly to direct and indirect fire. It will replace the current physical fitness readiness test October 2020. The winners of the CRDAMC-hosted competition will next compete in the Army Medicine Best Warrior contest that will be held May 29-June 1 at Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, S.C.