New Air Force PT Test Will Have Walking Option for Some Troops, General Says The event alternatives aim to further the service's goal of moving away from a one-size-fits-all model.
Navy's First PT Test Since 2019 Has New Plank Guidance, More Recovery for Postpartum Sailors Postpartum sailors will be exempt from taking the PFA for 12 months instead of the previous standard of nine months.
Army May Go Back to Job-Specific Scoring After All on the New Fitness Test The force is balancing the desire for a fitter force while also striving not to harm efforts to fill the less physically...
For Guard and Reserve Soldiers Without Easy Access to Equipment, ACFT Training Costs Pile Up The Army's initiative to build a fitter force may have unintentionally created barriers for members of the National Guard and...
The Air Force's New PT Test Is Coming This July. Here's What We Know "We are moving away from a one-size-fits-all model," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles CQ Brown in a news release
At 53, I Took the Tough New Army Combat Fitness Test. Here's How It Turned Out For 23 days, I slogged through a journey that pulled my body from a lifestyle of daily walks and gin martinis into a regimen...
Air Force Delays PT Test Again But Adds a New Scoring System The U.S. Air Force just postponed its physical fitness assessment for the fourth time in about a year due to COVID-19.
Army's Top NCO Goes on Twitter to Scold Leaders for Not Testing Units on ACFT Sergeant Major of the Army Grinston told unit leaders in the operational force that they need to make the ACFT a priority
Air Force Becomes First Service to Ditch the Hated Tape Test for Good PT tests, scheduled to resume next month, will now be on hold until April, according to a service release.
Bill Would Force Army to Halt ACFT Until It Can Study Impacts Congress wants an independent study to look at how the more-challenging assessment will affect recruiting and retention.
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...