Potential recruits will now be able to attend the Army Future Soldier Preparatory Course to lose weight or improve their test ...

Seven platoons and one cadre team from the Basic Leader Course (BLC) Class 008-24 competed for the coveted Iron Platoon Shield on July 29. During the 22-day course each student is challenged to ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – The Army will stick to its tried-and-true physical fitness test for now while it orders more reviews of a new assessment meant to more accurately gauge combat readiness. Commanders ...

Federal law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI, have added pull-ups to the special agent candidate fitness test. Here is a ...

Happy Friday! The Army announced this week that male and female soldiers in 21 combat military occupational specialties will have to meet the same standards on the new Army Fitness Test, which also ...

Army Staff Sgt. Ricardo Ramos, the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Performs a plank during an Army Combat Fitness Test for the 25th Infantry Division Best Squad Competition ...

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 451st and 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Commands, participate in an ACFT at Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 25, 2024. (Spc. Jonathan Clutter/Army) The Army Combat Fitness Test ...

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The Army’s Expert Infantryman, Field Medical and Soldier badges will now share a common fitness assessment, while still maintaining the integrity and history of each ...

A photo of chunky Texas National Guard troops in Chicago went viral, and 7 were sent home. But there's nothing soft about ...

Preparing for a military career involves much more than just passing a physical fitness test. While this initial physical assessment is a crucial entry-point event, it hardly scratches the surface of ...