Army Fitness

The Army has fielded thousands of hex bars for the more challenging fitness test that will replace the current APFT.

An alternative exercise is just one of the changes Army officials are making to ACFT plans.

The U.S. Army has suspended its plan to have all soldiers begin taking the new Army Combat Fitness Test in October.

"The test should not be the only relevant element of readiness, but it cannot just be decoupled without major ramifications."

Before units can administer the new assessment to soldiers, they still will need battalion sets of special fitness equipment.

The Army just completed in late September a year-long field test of the ACFT, involving about 60 battalions of soldiers.

The Army may do away with making sergeant promotions dependent on high Army Combat Fitness Test scores.

The knee injuries, back problems and other woes far outpace any other reasons for lost duty.

The Army general in charge of the service's new combat fitness test said he's confident it will remain gender-neutral.

Spc. Juan Gonzalez, a 29-year-old scout with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment...