Ask Stew: What Should I Do to Lose Weight Before the ACFT? It is wise to start your physical preparation long before you even talk to a recruiter, and while the Army has height and...
New Tape Test: Here's How the Army Is Measuring Body Fat Now The service announced it has simplified one of the key ways it judges soldier physical fitness following a broader overhaul...
How to Manage Your Fitness Choices When They Become Overwhelming If you break down the fitness world into smaller segments, you may find something that interests you while lessening the...
Here’s How Not to Bail on Your Workout When the Air Quality Outside Is Poor With wind patterns blowing smoke from Canadian wildfires over the East Coast of the United States recently, millions of...
Ask Stew: How Preparing for Swimming in Open Water Differs from in a Pool Swimming in a pool can be very different than in open water, largely depending on the type of open water.
Army Pre-Boot Camp Course Expanded as Recruiting Challenge Looms The pre-basic course is designed to help recruits who are physically out of shape or have trouble taking tests.
Why You Should Add Resistance Training to Your Life (And Never Stop Doing It) Consider this the natural progression of resistance training that is a broad spectrum that anyone can do.
ACFT Score Chart, Resources and How to Administer The ACFT or Army Combat Fitness Test is a military fitness test for the U.S. Army. Read more.
Preparing for a Fitness Test? These Drop Set Workouts Can Help. Drop sets are relatively advanced types of workouts where the goal is to perform an exercise (on the same muscle group) while...
Ask Stew: How to Prepare for Summer Seminar, Attending a Service Academy The summer before your senior year in high school is as exciting as it is stressful for the young person considering life...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
'It's a Lottery': Why Foreign Volunteer Fought in Russia-Ukraine War Jack de Santis is a Croatian-born volunteer of the Ukrainian army who used his engineering, drone expertise to help fight...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...
Bravo Company Vietnam Veterans Honored with Long-Overdue Bronze Stars While it took more than five decades, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, were...
