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 ...

The Army Combat Fitness Test, introduced as a rigorous and comprehensive measure of soldiers’ physical readiness, has sparked significant controversy. This assessment explains why the ACFT, rather ...

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 ...

What sounds like “just the Army Combat Fitness Test” quickly becomes a full-body grind as a 99-pound US Marine takes on the new ACFT events including the three-rep max deadlift at 155 pounds, standing ...

The Army has outlined its new fitness test set to debut in June, but key details surrounding the rollout -- including scoring criteria and enhanced standards for combat troops -- remain unsettled just ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The United States Army wants you to get in better shape. Actually, they want their soldiers to train harder, smarter and more efficiently. “It was time to look at how do we ...

The recent removal of the standing power throw from the Army's fitness test threatens to undermine the test's comprehensiveness and effectiveness, the author of this op-ed argues. (SSgt. Armando Limon ...

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 ...