Sports test with the army

“Giving up is certainly not an option for me”

Vice-Lieutenant Michael Aichinger pushes his future cadre soldiers during the aptitude test.(Bild: Markus Wenzel)

In order to qualify as a cadre soldier in the Austrian Armed Forces, you have to meet numerous requirements. What is the biggest problem for most young people, what career you can pursue afterwards and how the "Krone" approached the sports test ...

A rainy day. It doesn't matter, because today I'm working up a good sweat anyway. Because I've "infiltrated" the sports aptitude test at the Austrian Armed Forces in Wels and want to find out for myself what it takes to make a career as an officer or non-commissioned officer. After all, physical fitness is a decisive factor for cadre athletes.