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Candidate Fitness Assessment Instructions

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The Candidate Fitness Assessment (CFA) is one of the requirements for admission to the United States Military, Air Force, Naval, and Merchant Marines academies.  The CFA is a test of strength, agility, speed and endurance.  It is used to predict a candidate’s...

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