FORT EUSTIS, Va. – The Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, will be the force’s test of record Oct. 1, but the Army’s top enlisted Soldier says troops will have more time to train for and pass the ...

Beginning Oct. 1, a modified version of the Army Combat Fitness Test will become the service's new fitness evaluation, but training challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic will mean individual ...

Soldiers will be taking an altered version of the new Army Combat Fitness Test in October, but the service is still delaying the use of ACFT scores for promotion considerations, according to the ...

The Army Combat Fitness Test is the assessment for the physical domain of the Army's Holistic Health and Fitness System. As a general physical fitness test, an age and gender performance-normed ...

Congress has tasked the Army with implementing “increased” fitness standards for soldiers most likely to see combat, but it’s unclear whether different fitness standards will soon apply to men and ...

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 ...

Under recently released language in the congressional defense authorization bill, soldiers in the close combat force will face higher minimum fitness standards on the Army Combat Fitness test than ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade participate in an Army Combat Fitness Test in June 2020. (Spc. Ryan Lucas/Army) An Army contractor accidentally published “pre-decisional” ...