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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth issued an Army Directive today outlining a time-phased implementation of a revised ACFT as the Army’s general physical fitness test. Changes ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Army's old fitness test edged closer to termination after the service on Monday said in a memo reviewed by Military.com to the force that soldiers flagged for a failed assessment can lift it by ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — The new sergeant major of the Army offered a full-throated endorsement of the Army Combat Fitness Test on Tuesday as lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate defense spending and the future of the ...

A total of 340 pounds. This is the weight that a soldier must deadlift to earn 100 points on the maximum deadlift ACFT event. Is this an attainable goal for a soldier who weighs 110 pounds? What about ...

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 Army is considering adding gender-specific standards to its new Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, after early data shows nearly half of female soldiers can't pass the test and might face being ...