CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The 1st Theater Sustainment Command recently held an Army Combat Fitness Test grader validation training at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, enabling readiness for commanders. The ACFT ...

Any excuses that soldiers have for not being able to prepare for the new Army Combat Fitness Test are growing slimmer and slimmer, as the service has released a revamped physical readiness training ...

As the Army moves forward with its revised fitness test, it still has work to do on how soldiers are trained and equipped to pass it. A study by the RAND Corporation released on Wednesday said that ...

Total Army teammates, this is a long message – but an important one. In our continued efforts to improve the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), we knew there would be changes along the way. We formally ...

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 ...

Nearly 10 years in the making, the Army plans to implement its controversial new fitness test later this spring. But a new batch of critiques about gender discrimination and the sheer logistical ...

The Army's old fitness test edged closer to termination after the service on Monday said in a memo reviewed by Military.com to the force that soldiers flagged for a failed assessment can lift it by ...

Master Sgt. Ross Strom thought he was ready when he took a version of the Army's new fitness test. The 49-year-old maintenance noncommissioned officer was used to doing a combination of running and ...

A Basic Combat Training recruit headed for Officer Candidate School maxed out the new Army Combat Fitness Test last week. After an Oct. 21 test, Spc. Benjamin Ritchie became the third soldier in the ...

Capt. Alex Morrow is a former instructor at the U.S. Army Physical Fitness School, where he certified Master Fitness Trainers to apply strength and conditioning fundamentals to improve units' physical ...

There has been much ado lately over the Army’s decision to implement a new physical fitness test. Lt. Gen. (ret.) David Barno and Nora Bensahel recently authored an indictment, which, while compelling ...

A soldier conducts a dead lift during a pilot program for the Army Combat Fitness Test at Fort Bliss, Texas, last year. (Sgt. Brittany Johnson/Army) The Army announced Friday morning that it is ...