Nearly 10 years in the making, the Army plans to implement its controversial new fitness test later this spring. But a new batch of critiques about gender discrimination and the sheer logistical ...

The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), a non-partisan advocacy group for servicewomen and women veterans, joined a growing chorus of voices this week raising concerns over the Army’s new fitness ...

If the Army were a TV show, this would be the end-of-season cliffhanger. Congress is seeking to kill the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, and revert to the service's previous fitness test. A move ...

The U.S. Army on Friday announced major changes to its new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), including lowering standards in some cases. It also added a plan to have new soldiers in initial military ...

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 ...

FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- Leadership is a mental game that requires foresight and problem-solving. Yet, this past weekend, Army Reserve leaders also brought a physical aspect to tackle one of the biggest ...

It seems no amount of practice on the sprint-drag-carry could have prepared the Army for the effort it would need to pull its new fitness test over the finish line. Almost from the start, the new Army ...

A 19th Engineer Battalion soldier at Fort Knox, Kentucky, strains to deadlift more than 200 pounds last year during a three-day training session on the new Army Combat Fitness Test. (Army) FORT MONROE ...

The Army’s top enlisted leader won’t have to fulfill his promise to call himself “a nobody with a big mouth” in his biographical information on Twitter. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston’s offer ...

The new Army Combat Fitness Test officially became the service’s test of record in October, but lawmakers have ordered a pause on further implementation pending an independent study to determine how ...

The U.S. Army is planning to replace its antiquated fitness exam with a more rigorous model designed to better prepare soldiers for the demands of modern warfare. The new exam has been tested for two ...