To be exempt from the next prt cycle

NEWS Navy Releases Updated "PFA" NAVADMIN, New Rules

It seems starting next year if you do well on your PRT you will get to skip the next one which is a nice little change.

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R 201258Z JUN 17
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC

NAVADMIN 141/17

MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JUN//

SUBJ/PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM POLICY CHANGES//

RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN outlines new policies and initiatives to the Physical
Readiness Program and continues our efforts to strike a better balance
between physical readiness and mission accomplishment while reducing
administrative distractions.

2. The following changes are effective 1 January 2018:
a. Sailors who pass the body composition assessment (BCA), are within
the Navy age-graduated body fat standards, and score an overall excellent low
or better (with no single event lower than good low) on the physical
readiness test (PRT) will be exempt from participation in the following PRT
cycle. The first cycle for which Sailors can be exempt is cycle 2018-1,
based upon performance during the cycle 2017-2 PRT. All Sailors, regardless
of PRT performance, will still be required to participate in the BCA

Navy Relaxes PRT Rules For Its Thinnest, Fittest Sailors

Sailors are getting new incentives to stay in shape. The Navy announced June 20 that those sailors who perform in the top tier of the service’s bi-annual physical readiness test will be exempt from taking their next PRT.

But there’s a catch. According to a Navy press release, sailors can skip an upcoming PRT if they:

score an overall “excellent low” or better on the test,
with no single event below a “good low,” and
pass the body composition assessment and are within body fat standards.

Sailors typically have to take the PRT twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.

All sailors, regardless of their PRT performance, will have to participate in the body composition assessment, or BCA, each cycle. If a sailor performs well enough on the PRT to get an exemption but fails the BCA, then they also lose their exemption from the next PRT.

The message is: Don’t get fat.

The new requirements go into effect Jan. 1, 2018, but will be based on a sailor’s performance during the second PRT cycle in 2017. The changes were based on concerns and feedback from sailors across the service, according to the release.

BOTTOM LINE: post-partum Sailors are now exempt from participating in the physical fitness assessment (PFA) for 6 months following their maternity leave.

R 201258Z JUN 17
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC
TO NAVADMIN

NAVADMIN 141/17

SUBJ/PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM POLICY CHANGES//

REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/11JUL11//
REF/B/DOC/NAVPERS/APR17//

RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN outlines new policies and initiatives to the Physical Readiness Program and continues our efforts to strike a better balance between physical readiness and mission accomplishment while reducing administrative distractions.

2. The following changes are effective 1 January 2018:
a. Sailors who pass the body composition assessment (BCA), are within the Navy age-graduated body fat standards, and score an overall excellent low or better (with no single event lower than good low) on the physical readiness test (PRT) will be exempt from participation in the following PRT cycle. The first cycle for which Sailors can be exempt is cycle 2018-1, based upon performance during the cycle 2017-2 PRT. All Sailors, regardless of PRT performance, will still be required to participate in the BCA each cycle.
(1) For cycle 2018-1, Physical

Fact_Sheet_NAV_242_24Download

Fact_Sheet_NAV_242_24-1CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 262014Z NOV 24 MID120001585168U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 242/24 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/NOV// SUBJ/NAVY PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM UPDATE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025// REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/22APR22// REF/B/DOC/OPNAV/JUN24// REF/C/DOC/OPNAV/JAN24// REF/D/DOC/OPNAV/JAN24// REF/E/DOC/DOD/10MAR22// NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 6110.1K, PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM. REF B IS NAVY PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM GUIDE-1, PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM (PRP) POLICIES. REF C IS NAVY PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM GUIDE-4, BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT. REF D IS NAVY PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM GUIDE-10, NUTRITION RESOURCES. REF E IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1308.03, DOD PHYSICAL FITNESS/BODY COMPOSITION PROGRAM.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces changes to references (a) through (d) for the Calendar Year 2025 (CY2025) Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) cycle (1 February 2025 to 30 November 2025) for a Body Composition Assessment (BCA) and Age-Adjusted Standards (AAS) exemption for exceptional Physica
to be exempt from the next prt cycle

Navy Eval Physical Readiness Codes

OPNAVINST 6110.1K, Physical Readiness Program Instruction
Navy Physical Readiness Program Guide 4, Body Composition Assessment
Navy Physical Readiness Program Guide 5, Physical Readiness Test
BUPERSINST 1610.10F, Navy Performance Evaluation System
Navy Physical Readiness Program Guide 8, Managing PFA Records for Pregnant Sailors

Enter a one-letter PFA code in Block 20 for each PFA cycle completed during the reporting period:

P - Passed both Physical Readiness Test (PRT) and Body Composition Assessment (BCA)

F - Overall PFA failure (failed BCA or PRT)

M - Medically waived from entire PFA (BCA and PRT)

W - Passed BCA but medically waived from one or more PRT events

B - Passed the BCA but was authorized non-participation in the PRT for other than medical waiver reasons (see code N for non-participation reasons). A comment will be made in the Comments on Performance block (Block 43 for E1-E6 Evaluations, Block 41 for Fitness Reports, Block 41 for E7-E9 Chief Evaluations) with reason for non-participation.

N - No PFA conducted during the reporting period. Non-participation in entire PFA (BCA and PRT) due to Deployment/Operational