DA Form 705 Explained: Your AFT Scorecard, Block by Block

The edition in use today is the 705-TEST, dated April 2022. Its title reads Army Fitness Test Scorecard, and the proponent agency is TRADOC.

What the DA 705 Records

Four complete tests fit on the DA 705, spread across two pages. Each test block stands on its own, with a separate date, MOS, pay grade and age.

That layout lets one sheet follow a soldier through a year of testing. You do not start a fresh form for every record test. Page one carries Test One and Test Two. Page two carries Test Three and Test Four.

Every block on the scorecard uses the same set of fields.

Soldier identification. Name, sex, and unit or location sit at the top of each page. These carry across both test blocks on that page.

Test header. Date in YYYYMMDD format, MOS, pay grade and age. Age drives which scoring column applies. The scales run across ten age brackets, from 17-21 up to Over 62.

Standard. A checkbox marked COMBAT or GENERAL. This sets the minimum that applies to that specific test. Combat MOS soldiers are held to a sex-neutral, age-normed standard.

Body composition. A separate date, height in inches, weight in pounds, and body fat percent. Each line carries its own GO or NOGO box.

Five event rows. Deadlift, hand-release push-up, sprint-drag-carry, plank, and two-mile run.

Alternate aerobic row. Row, swim, bike or walk, with a points box printed as 60/0.

Signature block. Soldier signature, OIC or NCOIC name and signature, total points, and an overall GO or NOGO.

One detail trips people up. The header repeats inside every test block, not just once per page. A soldier who tests in March and again in June fills the date, MOS, pay grade and age twice.

The DA 705 stays with the soldier, not the lane. It follows you to a new unit. Ask for your sheet before you clear, because chasing it from a gaining unit is slow work.

What Each Event Row Asks For

Every event row wants three things. Your raw result, the converted point value, and grader initials. The raw number and the point value are never the same figure.

Look closely at the last row. The alternate aerobic event does not use the 0 to 100 scale. The form prints that box as 60/0 because the event is graded go or no-go.

A soldier on a permanent profile who rows, swims, bikes or walks earns a flat 60 points or a zero. No partial credit exists in that block. Writing an 82 there is wrong, and it will not survive review.

The deadlift row is the other one people fill in wrong. It holds two attempt boxes because a soldier gets up to two attempts. Check the heavier successful lift, not both.

One Field That No Longer Matches Current Policy

One block on the form still asks for body fat percent. That wording predates current policy.

Army Directive 2026-13 took effect 7 July 2026. It rescinded the tape test, the height and weight tables, and the 465-point body fat exemption. Waist-to-height ratio below 0.550 became the sole body composition standard. The threshold is below 0.550, not equal to it.

The April 2022 form has not been reissued to match. Follow your unit’s current guidance on how that block gets annotated. Confirm it with your S3 or master fitness trainer before a record test.

How to Fill Out DA Form 705, Step by Step

Work top down, one test block at a time. Complete the header before the soldier steps into the lane, not after.

Start with name, sex, and unit. Move to the test header and enter the date, MOS, pay grade and age. Check COMBAT or GENERAL based on the soldier’s MOS.

Record each event as it finishes. Write the raw result first. Convert it using the official scoring scales, then write the point value beside it. The grader who watched that event initials the row.

Total the five point values at the bottom. Mark the overall GO or NOGO. The soldier signs, then the OIC or NCOIC signs and dates.

Body composition gets recorded on a different day. The form says height and weight should be captured seven days before or after the test when possible. That gap exists to avoid fatigue and dehydration skewing the numbers.

Where to Get the Current AFT Scorecard PDF

Pull the AFT scorecard PDF from the Army Publishing Directorate eForms library. Recruiting Command hosts a copy as well. Both serve the same April 2022 file.

Do not rebuild the form in a spreadsheet and print it. Units have rejected homemade versions. Use the published file so the block layout and the privacy act statement stay intact.

Print enough copies before test day. Each sheet covers four tests for one soldier, so a platoon needs one per soldier and a few spares.

Before test day, run your numbers through an AFT score converter so you know what each raw result is worth. Graders working a lane can pull up timers and event scripts to keep the sequence clean.

What Happens If a Block Is Left Blank?

An incomplete DA 705 is not a valid test. Missing grader initials, a missing OIC or NCOIC signature, or a blank total will get the form returned.

Blank fields cause real delays. A packet that reaches S1 without a certifying signature cannot be entered. The result sits unrecorded while the unit chases a signature.

Check three things before the soldier leaves the site. Every event row has initials. The total is written and correct. Both signature lines are filled.

Which Form Designation Is Actually Real?

Several fitness sites list form numbers that do not exist. One widely shared page names a “705-AFT, APR 2026” edition and lists T2COM as the proponent. No Army source publishes a form under that designation.

The real designation on every official copy is DA Form 705-TEST, APR 2022. That string sits in the footer of both pages. The Army Publishing Directorate eForm number is ARN43863, and the form names TRADOC as proponent.

Here is why that matters. A soldier who asks supply for a form number invented online will come up empty. Ask for the 705-TEST by name and you will get the right file.

The same form number carried the ACFT scorecard until June 2025. The Army did not issue a new number when the AFT replaced the ACFT. It retitled the existing form. That is the source of most of the confusion, and it is why the footer still reads April 2022.

A reissued edition may appear later. Until it does, treat any cited form number you cannot find on an Army site as wrong. Check the footer of the file in your hand against the designation a site claims.

Where Do AFT Scores Get Entered?

Scores go into DTMS, the Digital Training Management System. The paper form feeds that entry. It does not replace it.

The Army set firm dates. All AFT general scores had to be recorded in DTMS for promotion points starting 1 October 2025. Combat scores had to be recorded in DTMS starting 1 January 2026.

If your result never reaches DTMS, it does not count toward promotion points. A signed sheet in a company folder does nothing for your packet.

IPPS-A runs alongside DTMS on the personnel side. The Army produces a monthly report. Unit S1 uses it to verify personnel and catch mismatches against the paper record. That loop catches gaps between the paper record and the system.

AFT results feed the military training category on your promotion point worksheet. A score that never reaches the system cannot be counted there. That is why entry timing matters more than most soldiers expect.

Check your own entry rather than assuming it happened. Ask your training NCO to pull your line in DTMS the week after the test. The sheet is still easy to find then.

Who Signs the Scorecard?

Two signatures close out a test. The soldier signs to acknowledge the result. The OIC or NCOIC signs to certify the test was run to standard.

Grader initials are separate from those signatures. Each event row gets initialed by the person who graded that event. One grader does not initial an event they did not watch.

An army grader has to be certified to run the event. AFT grading follows the execution standards in ATP 7-22.01. A grader who has not trained on the current standards can invalidate a lane.

The grader signature line and the event initials do different jobs. Initials tie a specific person to a specific event result. The certifying signature covers the whole test administration.

Missing initials are the most common reason a sheet gets kicked back. Walk the form before the soldier steps off the site.

Grader assignments should be set before the first lane runs. A grader who moves between events mid-test creates gaps in the initials. Assign one grader per event and keep them there.

How Long Should You Keep Your Scorecard?

Keep a copy for as long as the score could matter to you. That usually means until a newer record test replaces it, and longer if a promotion packet is pending.

Photograph the signed sheet with your phone before you hand it over. Soldiers who cannot produce a copy have no way to challenge a wrong system entry months later.

Store it somewhere you will still find it in a year. An AFT scorecard becomes hard to replace once the graders have moved on and the unit has turned over.

Is a Scorecard the Official Record?

No. The paper sheet is the source document. The official score is the one a certified grader gets entered into DTMS.

That difference matters when a result gets disputed. Your copy proves what happened on the lane. The system entry is what a promotion board and your S1 actually see.

Treat the sheet as evidence and the system entry as the result. Both need to be right.

Disputes get resolved on paper. If your entry shows a failure you did not earn, your S1 will ask for the signed copy first.

Frequently Asked Questions

What to Do Next

Pull the current file and check the footer. It should read DA Form 705-TEST, APR 2022. Then confirm your last result actually reached DTMS, and work backward from the point values you need. Run your numbers through the score converter first. If you are running a lane this month, review the event sequence and timing tool before you brief your graders.