Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army unveiled its controversial new fitness test on Wednesday, a dramatically revamped set of requirements for soldiers that ...

The Army will likely have to implement further changes to its embattled fitness test, just months after the long-in-development Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, was finally rolled out, as Congress ...

When Army leaders set out to update the decades-old physical-fitness test, senior leaders sought, in part, to create a new test that would judge all soldiers against a single standard. But during ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — For the servicemembers attending the 2023 Warfighter Conference at Fort Moore, there was one important question: the future of the ACFT (Army Combat Fitness Test). On the ...

The Army could be forced to reimplement gender-neutral standards for at least some of its soldiers for its combat fitness test or scrap the current CrossFit-style physical assessment altogether under ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has released a directive exempting all soldiers scoring 540 points or more on the Army Combat Fitness Test from the body fat assessment, regardless of their height and ...

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 ...

Army Staff Sgt. Timothy King concentrates on his planks while being tested on the Army Combat Fitness Test during the Kentucky National Guard Best Warrior Competition in Greenville, Ky. on Nov. 10, ...