NATICK, Mass. (Feb. 22, 2017) -- Mention the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, or OPAT, to Soldiers, and most will know about the battery of four physical performance tests that, starting in 2017 ...

Pre- and post-job offer physical ability tests (PATs) continue to face challenges from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) ...

You may be wanted by the Spokane Police Department (SPD), but not for a crime (hopefully). SPD is looking for more officers, so it held an informational workshop on Tuesday... but the department added ...

The Army will begin administering the Occupational Physical Assessment Test (OPAT) to all recruits as a way to assess their fitness for military occupational specialties. The OPAT will also be used to ...

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The Army’s Expert Infantryman, Field Medical and Soldier badges will now share a common fitness assessment, while still maintaining the integrity and history of each ...

The Occupational Physical Assessment Test, or OPAT, measures recruits' physical aptitude to perform to job standards at the end of training for the Army's most physically demanding occupations. After ...

In the eight months since the U.S. Army launched the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, recruiting officials now see the test as a critical tool that was missing from the way the service predicts ...

Military.com reports that “the U.S. Army has launched a new physical fitness test designed to determine if new recruits and soldiers can meet the physical demands of certain jobs such as infantry and ...

July 8 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy's autumn physical fitness assessment cycle will be suspended to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Navy announced. A NAVADMIN, or naval administrative message, ...