Army Profile Rules for the AFT: Permanent vs Temporary

Your army profile decides which Army Fitness Test events you take and when you can test. A temporary profile keeps you off a record AFT until you recover. A permanent profile lets you test on the events your provider cleared. If the run is restricted, you take an alternate aerobic event.

This guide covers both profile types under AR 40-502 and DA Pam 40-502. It also explains the form that records them and what each one means for your score. The AFT replaced the ACFT on 1 June 2025 under Army Directive 2025-06. The Army states on its AFT page that its temporary profile policy did not change with the new test.

Army Profile Quick Answers

How long can a temporary profile be written for? Up to 90 days at a time. The provider writes it for the full expected recovery, up to that limit.

When does a temporary profile become permanent? When the condition cannot stabilize within 12 months. At that point the Soldier moves to a permanent profile through the Medical Retention Determination Point (MRDP).

How is recovery time after a profile set? The provider sets it when writing the profile in e-Profile. It can be up to twice the length of the profile, and never more than 90 days.

What is a P2 profile? P stands for physical capacity, the first of the six PULHES areas. Each area is rated 1 to 4, and a higher number means greater limits. A P2 records some limitation but does not send you to the board process that a 3 or 4 triggers.

Permanent Profile Army Rules for the AFT

Permanent profile Army policy lets you take a record AFT with limits written into your profile. You get one when your condition has stabilized, or will not improve enough to clear. From then on, you test on the events your provider marked as safe.

What is a permanent profile in the Army?

A permanent profile records a lasting duty limitation. It uses the PULHES system, which rates six areas: physical capacity, upper extremities, lower extremities, hearing, eyes and psychiatric. Each area gets a numerical designator from 1 to 4. Higher numbers mean greater limits. A 3 or 4 sends you into a board process under AR 635-40.

DA Pam 40-502 makes Soldiers with a numerical designator of 3 or 4 non-deployable until that board ends. A lasting condition that limits deployment calls for a 3 or 4.

Temporary conditions become permanent at the Medical Retention Determination Point (MRDP). The Army Medical Command profiling guide says the new permanent profile should be a P2, P3 or P4.

Alternate aerobic events on a permanent profile

Your DA Form 3349-SG lists the AFT events you can and cannot take. You take every event the profile does not restrict. Soldiers often ask “what events do I take on a profile?” This form holds the answer.

If your profile restricts the 2-mile run, you take an alternate aerobic event in its place. There are four options: the 5,000-meter row, 12,000-meter bike, 1,000-meter swim and 2.5-mile walk. Your provider picks the one you can safely do. See the four approved substitutes for the run for how each one works.

Each alternate event is graded go or no-go. None of them is scored on the 0 to 100 scale.

Soldiers in the 24 combat MOSs face one extra rule. The Army’s AFT page says profiled combat Soldiers must average 70 points across the events they can take. They must also pass the alternate aerobic event when one is required. The combat standard is sex-neutral and age-normed, and it uses the male scoring column. You can read how the walk, bike, swim and row are graded before you train.

Some Soldiers cannot do any aerobic event at all. A May 2024 Fort Benning PRT/ACFT fact sheet covers this case. That Soldier gets a profile serial of 3 and goes to a medical board. That guidance was written for the ACFT, so confirm current handling with your profiling provider.

What is a temporary profile in the Army?

A temporary profile covers a condition the Army expects to heal. It carries no PULHES numerical designator under AR 40-502. Providers write it for the full expected recovery, up to 90 days. Extensions link back to the first profile so the total time stays visible. While it is active for a physically limiting condition, you do not take a record AFT.

Temporary profile Army guidance stayed the same when the AFT arrived. The Army’s AFT page says Soldiers train and test according to profile guidance and recovery timelines. ATP 7-22.01 (March 2026) lists a temporary profile for a physically limiting condition as a reason not to test.

Two conditions break the 90-day cap. DA Pam 40-502 names pregnancy and tuberculosis as the only temporary profiles that run past 90 days.

Providers must check on you at least once every 90 days while a temporary profile stays open. The limit on total time is the MRDP. You reach it when a condition that limits your duty has stabilized or cannot stabilize within 12 months. At that point the provider moves you to a permanent profile or refers you for a disability evaluation.

Short injuries follow a lighter path. A provider may use DD Form 689 for up to seven days. That applies when e-Profile is down or the condition clears quickly. In some command settings, athletic trainers can write 7-day temporary profiles. They can extend each one by 7 more days. Anything past 14 days total needs a healthcare provider.

Recovery time after the profile ends

Coming off a temporary profile does not put you on the test lane the next morning. The Fort Benning fact sheet allows recovery of up to twice the profile length. That period is capped at 90 days. A 7-day profile, for example, could carry a 14-day recovery period. That fact sheet predates the AFT. Ask your unit to confirm your recovery end date in writing.

How the Profile Paperwork Works

Every profile, temporary or permanent, lands on one electronic record. Knowing where it lives saves you a trip to the clinic.

DA Form 3349: The Physical Profile Record

DA Form 3349 is the Physical Profile Record. The current version is DA Form 3349-SG, a system-generated form prescribed by DA Pam 40-502. It holds all your current duty-limiting conditions in one place. Handwritten versions are not used.

AR 40-502 names e-Profile as the electronic profiling system of record. Providers must use it for every temporary profile longer than 7 days and for every permanent profile.

You can view your approved profiles in the Medical Readiness Portal. It draws on MEDPROS data and requires a CAC. Commanders use the same portal to track profiles across the unit.

Leaders cannot override the limits on the form. DA Pam 40-502 states this directly, and commanders use the form to assign duties and make deployment calls.

How do I get an AFT profile?

See a credentialed provider about the injury or condition. An AFT profile is not a separate document. It is the event guidance written on your DA Form 3349-SG. The provider enters it in e-Profile. Permanent profiles also go to an approving authority under AR 40-502. Nobody in your chain of command can write one.

Bring specifics to the appointment. Describe which movements cause pain and which ones you can still do. The provider needs that detail to mark each event clearly.

Permanent vs Temporary Profile at a Glance

The table below sets the two profile types side by side.

Source: AR 40-502, DA Pam 40-502 (18 December 2023), ATP 7-22.01 (March 2026) and army.mil/aft.

Three 90-Day Rules Soldiers Mix Up

Three separate profile and testing rules use the number 90. Confusing them leads to bad planning.

Some sites still print a 120 to 180 day retest window. That figure came from the retired ACFT directive, Army Directive 2022-05. It does not apply to the AFT.

What a Profile Means for Your AFT Score

Events you do take are scored on the same 0 to 100 scale as everyone else’s. You still need at least 60 points on each scored event. You can score the events you can take and compare them with the point tables for your age bracket. The AFT scales use ten age brackets, from 17-21 up to Over 62.

Only a certified grader who enters your result into DTMS produces an official score. A calculator gives you a planning number. Check the minimum raw scores by age when you set training targets.

Body composition is a separate check. Army Directive 2026-13, effective 7 July 2026, made a waist-to-height ratio under 0.550 the sole standard. You can check your waist-to-height ratio before your next assessment.

Army Profile FAQs

Next Steps for Your Army Profile

Pull your current DA Form 3349-SG from the Medical Readiness Portal and read the AFT section line by line. If your army profile is temporary, note the end date and the recovery period, then plan your train-up.

On a permanent profile, confirm your alternate event and start training for it. Once your numbers are ready, run your raw numbers through our scorer.