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An Army grader, right, for the new Army Physical Readiness Test ensures that a paratrooper completes the new 60-second pushup event correctly on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 10, 2011. Unlike the 2-minute pushup event in the current Army Physical Fitness Test, soldiers can no longer pause, choose their own hand position or “sag in the middle.”

PARATROOPER PUSH-UP

An Army grader, right, for the new Army Physical Readiness Test ensures that a paratrooper completes the new 60-second pushup event correctly on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 10, 2011. Unlike the 2-minute pushup event in the current Army Physical Fitness Test, soldiers can no longer pause, choose their own hand position or “sag in the middle.”

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