Soldiers have a new incentive to get a high score on the service’s new Army Fitness Test. Those soldiers who score at least 465 are eligible to be exempt from the service’s body fat standards, Army officials have announced.

The maximum score that soldiers can get on the AFT is 500 points. To be eligible for the exemption, soldiers are required to score 80 points or more on each of the five events.

Soldiers who qualify for exemptions but do not meet the Army’s height and weight standards will not be required to be measured by a tape test, nor will they be referred to the Army’s Body Composition Program, Army officials said.

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