Navy to Overlook Fitness Test Failures During COVID Pandemic Years

The U.S. Navy has eliminated all previous physical fitness assessment failures to offset the effects of the COVID pandemic and boost retention.
“This NAVADMIN announces a one-time reset of all physical fitness assessment (PFA) failures,” the Navy announced Thursday. “As such all Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) officers and enlisted Sailors shall be counted as having zero past PFA failure prior to the date of this NAVADMIN when considering authority to reenlist, advance, promote, or execute other career continuation transitions such as extensions and duty station transfers.”
The Navy explained the new policy was to account for sailors having a hard time preparing for the fitness tests during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the government restrictions….

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