Army to Outfit 110 Active Brigades with Fitness Experts to Boost Soldier Performance The Holistic Health and Fitness strategy is designed to work with unit leaders and individual soldiers to hone performance.
Olympian Nick Symmonds' Army Fitness Test Challenge: What You Need to Know Olympian Nick Symmonds bagged a respectable score, albeit with some not-quite-authorized modifications.
Army Says Document Warning of Defective ACFT Hex Bars Is Inaccurate The Army has fielded thousands of hex bars for the more challenging fitness test that will replace the current APFT.
Army Gives New Option to Soldiers Who Can't Do the ACFT Leg Tuck An alternative exercise is just one of the changes Army officials are making to ACFT plans.
Army Suspends Transition to New Combat Fitness Test Amid Gym Closures The U.S. Army has suspended its plan to have all soldiers begin taking the new Army Combat Fitness Test in October.
Fitness Cult? An Army Officer Responds to ACFT Critiques "The test should not be the only relevant element of readiness, but it cannot just be decoupled without major ramifications."
After Contract Delays, Army Units Finally Close to Getting New ACFT Equipment Before units can administer the new assessment to soldiers, they still will need battalion sets of special fitness equipment.
New Data Shows Performance Divide on Army Combat Fitness Test The Army just completed in late September a year-long field test of the ACFT, involving about 60 battalions of soldiers.
Army Considering Pass/Fail Option on ACFT for Sergeant Promotions The Army may do away with making sergeant promotions dependent on high Army Combat Fitness Test scores.
Excessive PT Will Cost the Army Millions of Lost Work Days This Year The knee injuries, back problems and other woes far outpace any other reasons for lost duty.
The Best World War II Movies, According to Service Members and Veterans These are the best World War II movies of the past eight decades, according to a Military.com survey of U.S. service members...
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Marines Surpass Enlisted Recruitment Goal by 1, Officers over a Dozen in Sharp Drop from 2023 Officials said that the service sought to recruit 36,257 Marines this year, squeezing by with 36,286 total -- a difference of...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
ROTC Scholarships Could Be Slashed This Decade as Army Deals with Glut of Officers The Army is eyeing a roughly $100 million cut to Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships through the rest of the decade...