Last week, the U.S. Army announced new fitness standards in line with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders to make the standards for women and men in combat roles the same. Like much of Hegseth’s ...

The US Army is overhauling its physical fitness assessment, replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) with a streamlined version called the Army Fitness Test (AFT), according to an internal memo ...

The U.S. Navy has introduced new evaluation standards to measure the physical readiness of combat arms personnel such as SEALs and explosive ordnance disposal service members. The service released a ...

The Army Combat Fitness Test, introduced as a rigorous and comprehensive measure of soldiers’ physical readiness, has sparked significant controversy. This assessment explains why the ACFT, rather ...

The U.S. Army is making changes to their physical fitness requirements for all soldiers, introducing new gender-neutral standards while eliminating one of its most criticized events. On Monday, the ...

Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, take an Army Combat Fitness Test at Strickler Field at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. (1st Lt. Kate ...

Starting this summer, the Army will require female soldiers in combat roles to pass the same “sex-neutral” fitness test as their male counterparts, the service announced Monday. The new Army Fitness ...

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 451st and 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Commands, participate in an ACFT at Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 25, 2024. (Spc. Jonathan Clutter/Army) The Army Combat Fitness Test ...

A Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Sailor conducts her physical fitness assessment. (MC3 Julio Martinez Martinez/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy has introduced new evaluation standards to measure ...