Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, take an Army Combat Fitness Test at Strickler Field at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. (1st Lt. Kate ...

Starting this summer, the Army will require female soldiers in combat roles to pass the same “sex-neutral” fitness test as their male counterparts, the service announced Monday. The new Army Fitness ...

Choosing a new fitness test has become the Army’s new forever war. The Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, has undergone a never-ending series of changes since it was first introduced in 2017, and now ...

The U.S. Army is set to implement a redesigned fitness test that introduces gender-neutral standards for combat roles and eliminates one of its most controversial events. The Army Fitness Test (AFT), ...

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 ...

The Army is changing the fitness test for all soldiers. On Monday, the Army announced it was replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test with the Army Fitness Test, AFT, according to a news release ...

Sgt. Maj. Thomas Jankiewicz with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division, Winchester, Virginia, flings a ten pound exercise ball for the Army Combat Fitness Test on May 19, 2021. (Army ...

The Army has reconfigured its fitness test, dropping the ball throw, making the test sex-neutral for combat arms and raising the minimum required score for 21 combat-focused jobs. The exact scoring ...