It's not every day that you see a civilian willingly take part in a military physical fitness test.
But for one Army Civilian, it was important to get hands on experience with the new physical fitness equipment he is helping to deliver to Soldiers.
Daniel Gailor is a team leader for the fielding of the Army Combat Fitness Test equipment. He works in the Soldier Product Support Integration Directorate out of Natick, Massachusetts.
As team lead, he is responsible for Tank-automotive and Armaments Command's directive to field approximately $68 million in equipment to more than one million soldiers in almost 1,000 different locations around the world.
"I believe this new test will be very beneficial to the Army," said Gailor. "Getting my hands on the equipment and being able to be a part of the test will allow me to talk more openly to Soldiers about how to take the test, and that was important to me."
Being reasonably fit allowed Daniel to do very well in all six of the events in the new ACFT. He felt that because he participated in all of the events he has a better understanding about what Soldiers have to go through to prepare for the test.
"The most challenging part of the test is pacing yourself throughout each event, and not focusing on trying to get best scores in each of the six events," he said, "pace yourself, make sure you are providing sufficient effort for each test and don't overdo it."
The ACFT becomes the Army's test of record October 1, 2020.
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