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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is set to make sweeping changes to its fitness test, according to an internal memo obtained by Military.com. The overhaul ...

Soldiers serving in front-line fighting jobs will soon have to pass two annual Army fitness tests after the service rolled out its new combat-focused physical assessment on Wednesday. The new Combat ...

The U.S. Army announced an overhaul of its physical fitness test, including gender-neutral standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs. The new fitness test consists of a three-repetition maximum ...

The removal of the standing power throw from the ACFT represents a smarter, more combat-relevant assessment of soldiers, the authors of this op-ed argue. (Ssg. Armando R. Limon/U.S. Army) The recent ...