WASHINGTON -- Major changes are coming to the Army Combat Fitness Test, officials announced Sept. 27, with changes that will affect every Soldier. The changes, locked in for fiscal year 2020, include ...

“Army Strong” is more than just a tagline — for soldiers, it’s a requirement for duty. The U.S. Army requires that all active-duty soldiers prove their ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — For the servicemembers attending the 2023 Warfighter Conference at Fort Moore, there was one important question: the future of the ACFT (Army Combat Fitness Test). On the ...

The Army Combat Fitness Test, introduced as a rigorous and comprehensive measure of soldiers' physical readiness, has sparked significant controversy. This assessment explains why the ACFT, rather ...

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JOINT BASE LANGLEY - EUSTIS, Va. – With the New Year comes a fresh start and a chance to start new positive habits, and that’s exactly what the U.S. Army is doing with the new Holistic Health and ...

Cadets in Clemson University's Army ROTC detachment reported to campus on a cold, dark morning at 4:30am to take the Army Combat Fitness Test, Nov. 14, 2023. (Ken Scar/Army) Under recently released ...

Borrowed from the Army’s fitness test, these moves build the kind of strength and conditioning that carries over to real life. Fitness should focus on performance, endurance, and real strength, not ...

The recent removal of the standing power throw from the Army's fitness test threatens to undermine the test's comprehensiveness and effectiveness, the author of this op-ed argues. (SSgt. Armando Limon ...

A soldier lifts a sandbag into a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle while taking a diagnostic Ranger Physical Assessment at Fort Drum, New York, May 19, 2026. (Sgt. Sam Shomento/U.S. Army) The changes to ...

An unofficial U.S. Army Reserve safety advisory circulating on social media warns units about allegedly defective Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) weight-lifting bars. But it contains inaccurate ...