Tips for Better Pull-ups One thing I have learned is that women and men cannot do pull-ups if they do not practice pull-ups.
Army Sticking to Flawed Tape Test with Tweaks For decades, the service has used what has largely been panned as outdated methods of measuring whether a soldier is out of...
More Changes Brewing for Embattled Army Fitness Test The changes are still being formulated, with some of the uncertainty driven by two competing congressional requirements built...
Preparing for the Army's New Fitness Tests: OPAT and ACFT The Army occupational physical assessment test (OPAT) and Army combat fitness test (ACFT) are looking to create a more well...
The Army's Fitness Test Might Be Revamped Yet Again for Gender-Neutral and Job-Specific Standards The must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA would require Army Secretary Christine Wormuth to revamp the ACFT...
Friday Favorite Workout — Leg Day with Army CFT in Mind If you already are doing a leg day, why not add in some of the elements of your future tactical fitness test?
Army Expanding Pre-Boot Camp Course for Overweight and Low-Scoring Applicants The course at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was stood up in August as the service faced grim recruiting challenges.
Army Boosting Promotion Points for Expert Badges and Cutting Those for Fitness Test Performance The changes go into effect for the June 2023 promotion month.
No More Tape Test, But Only for Soldiers That Crush the Fitness Test Soldiers who score at least a 540 on the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, will be exempt from having their body fat...
The Army's New Fitness Test Is Here. For Real This Time. No, Seriously. But Its Future Is Uncertain. A staple of military service, the fitness test has effectively been sidelined as officials tuned it and soldiers got familiar...
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...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
The Air Force Unveiled an Ambitious Reorganization Plan. Can It Survive a Presidential Election? The Department of the Air Force's ambitious reorganization plan designed to keep the Air Force and Space Force competitive...
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., has been released on conditions he wear...
Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...