One Soldier Dead, Another Hospitalized Amid Outdoor Fitness Tests in Mississippi Heat Wave The back-to-back incidents prompted a safety stand-down that is still in effect at Camp Shelby, prohibiting organized outdoor...
The Best Pull-Up Workouts to Get Unstuck on Your Progression The following workouts are helpful ideas to get unstuck in those difficult-to-improve zones of maxing out pull-up tests.
2 Running-Based Workouts to Embrace Regardless of Your Military Fitness Test Running isn't going anywhere, so you should base any training program around the ability to run as your cardio base training.
Ask Stew: These Workouts May Help You Dominate Your PFT Push-Up Tests Taking your push-ups to higher levels in two- or three-minute tests -- yes, there are three-minute, push-up tests -- requires...
Ranger Selection Training: Prepare to Run 2 or 5 Miles? Here's the Scoop. Future soldiers want to know whether they should prepare for the two-mile Army Physical Fitness Test timed run, the Ranger...
Ask Stew: 4 Tips to Improve Your Running and Swimming Before the Navy PST Depending on the athletic history of a military recruit, the process of preparing may be different from one person to the...
Senate Plan Would Force the Army to Revert to Old Fitness Test But Would Allow New Events The change to the test was penned by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who successfully lobbied the committee to amend the draft...
Mile Repeats Too Difficult? This Running Progression Workout Can Help You Get There. These workouts are ideal for those who have to take fitness tests involving high-repetition calisthenics -- pull-ups, push...
Gender Neutral Standards, Return to Old Fitness Test: Congress' Dueling Ideas for the Army Army planners were already looking into adjusting standards for combat jobs, including gender-neutral standards.
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...
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for...
The Italian WWII Frogmen Who Inspired the U.S. Navy SEALs While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined...
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Pushes Back After GOP Questions Her Service Record Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race, is defending her Navy...
