The Army is poised to recalibrate its fitness standards, redefining the physical expectations for combat-arms roles in 2025. Yet, where those minimum requirements will ultimately land remains an open ...

The U.S. Army formalized equal fitness standards between men and women in combat roles in new guidelines released Monday. The new Army Fitness Test (AFT), formally the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Army is set to implement a redesigned fitness test that introduces gender-neutral standards for combat roles and eliminates one of its most controversial events. The Army Fitness Test (AFT), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff Sgt. Raycel Dasher, an infantryman assigned to U.S. Army South 'yeets' a standing power throw at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md ...

The recent removal of the standing power throw from the Army's fitness test threatens to undermine the test's comprehensiveness and effectiveness, the author of this op-ed argues. (SSgt. Armando Limon ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Army is moving forward with a new gender and age neutral fitness test designed to test soldier's combat readiness. The six-event test is called the Army Combat Fitness ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The United States Army wants you to get in better shape. Actually, they want their soldiers to train harder, smarter and more efficiently. “It was time to look at how do we ...