Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Both chambers of Congress have competing ideas to reinvent the Army's new fitness test, an ongoing effort by legislators to alter ...

Congress is set to direct the Army to boost fitness standards for most combat-arms jobs through a compromise defense policy bill unveiled Wednesday. The must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, ...

WASHINGTON -- Major changes are coming to the Army Combat Fitness Test, officials announced Sept. 27, with changes that will affect every Soldier. The changes, locked in for fiscal year 2020, include ...

If you havenʼt heard yet, the U.S. Army announced another revision to its current Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) on March 23. This revision came after an in-depth independent review by the RAND ...

Cadets in Clemson University's Army ROTC detachment reported to campus on a cold, dark morning at 4:30am to take the Army Combat Fitness Test, Nov. 14, 2023. (Ken Scar/Army) Under recently released ...

The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for soldiers who fall short, according to the recommendations from a new study ...

Physical fitness is a cornerstone of military readiness. Historically, this quality has helped American servicemembers fight and win over numerically superior enemies. Nevertheless, Congress has ...

Members of Congress are pushing for the U.S. Army to revise its physical fitness standards after it recently revamped a key benchmark to account for ages and gender. The Army earlier this spring ...

Americans are used to picturing Army combat soldiers as incredibly tough individuals, able to run faster and do more pushups than most people. In today’s Army, though that notion is officially passé.