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 ...

The Army Combat Fitness Test, introduced as a rigorous and comprehensive measure of soldiers’ physical readiness, has sparked significant controversy. This assessment explains why the ACFT, rather ...

The Navy unveiled its new physical fitness assessment cycle on Tuesday, requiring sailors to undergo two PFAs per calendar ...

There’s a new fitness trend punching its way to the top of our workout wish lists: combat training. From kickboxing and boxercise to jiu jitsu, combat-style workouts are booming - and with fans like ...

Every five years or so, someone creates a fitness business model that is rooted in combat sports -- and it sweeps across the country like wildfire. The reasons for this cyclical cadence aren't totally ...

The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for soldiers who fall short, according to the recommendations from a new study ...

The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) has dropped the medicine ball toss, removed the word “Combat” from its name, and introduced higher scoring requirements for combat arms soldiers. The revised 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 ...

As you’re dishing up your big Thanksgiving meal, be sure to save room for this big ol’ helping of motivation. Gen. Eric M. Smith, the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, dropped a quick video on ...

Updates include sex-neutral requirements for all combat MOS Marines to score a minimum of 210 out of a possible 300.

The Army could be forced to reimplement gender-neutral standards for at least some of its soldiers for its combat fitness test or scrap the current CrossFit-style physical assessment altogether under ...

Heather Sterling stepped into the ring at the Texas Game Warden Training Center, ready to face an ambush by instructors acting as violent assailants. The four-on-one drill is a rite of passage for ...