The US Army is set to introduce the Army Fitness Test (AFT) in June 2025, replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). The ...

The U.S. Army announced today the establishment of the Army Fitness Test (AFT) as the official physical fitness test of ...

BACKGROUND: High-volume physical activity (PA) is associated with a higher prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the clinical significance of subclinical CAD among ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called for all military branches to review standards for shaving ... while addressing which jobs demand physical fitness in ground combat operations, special ...

In a memo dated Sunday, Hegseth directed the heads of the the military's departments to submit a plan to make all physical fitness standards for combat positions "sex-neutral" within 60 days ...

Military leaders have until late May to develop plans to redefine physical fitness standards, and they can only be equal to or higher than existing ones. Collapse: Poll Delivers Blow to Trump ...

By Chris Cameron Reporting from Washington The Pentagon this week ordered the elimination of lower physical fitness standards for women in combat units, a move that is likely to hinder the ...

The U.S. Department of Defence has introduced a major policy change, enforcing uniform physical fitness standards for all combat roles, regardless of gender. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth signed ...

The new order expands on a memo Hegseth put out March 12 that said the undersecretary for personnel must gather information on military standards “pertaining to physical fitness, body ...

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, formalizing a process that largely exists for many of those ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Monday ordering men and women to meet the same physical ... held to a lower standard.” “All entry-level and sustained physical fitness requirements ...