FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Earlier this month, during a spell of gray, wet weather, big trucks rolling out of Decatur, Alabama, steered south to the red clay and pines of Fort Benning, hauling so large a ...

As the Army moves forward with its revised fitness test, it still has work to do on how soldiers are trained and equipped to pass it. A study by the RAND Corporation released on Wednesday said that ...

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 ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The COVID-19 pandemic and HPCON Charlie will not stop APG Soldiers from achieving physical fitness readiness in preparation for the Army Combat Fitness Test, as the ...

The U.S. Army has begun issuing the long-awaited exercise equipment needed for the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) -- starting with the Kentucky National Guard. All active-duty, National Guard and ...

Beginning Oct. 1, a modified version of the Army Combat Fitness Test will become the service's new fitness evaluation, but training challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic will mean individual ...

Soldiers training to serve as instructors participate in the new Army combat fitness test at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Gerry Broome/AP) The six-event Army Combat Fitness Test is rolling out service-wide this ...

Fears of COVID-19 led to the suspension of the U.S. Army’s transition to the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), a program that was developed to improve soldier and unit readiness, transform the army ...