The U.S. Army has announced a new Combat Field Test (CFT) for soldiers in 24 designated close-combat specialties, set to become mandatory in spring 2027. The age- and sex-neutral pass/fail assessment ...

Staff Sgt. Aboubacar Kallo, a career counselor with 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, performs hand-release push-ups at Ritz-Epps Fitness Center on Fort Liberty, N.C., Dec. 11, 2024.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army Combat Fitness Test, introduced as a rigorous and comprehensive measure of soldiers’ physical readiness, has sparked ...

The Army released details of a new field fitness test for soldiers in combat roles. It mirrors an event in Expert Infantryman Badge testing ...

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 ...

The U.S. Army formalized equal fitness standards between men and women in combat roles in new guidelines released Monday. The new Army Fitness Test (AFT), formally the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), ...

The 316th, 89th and 11th Wings at Andrews and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling tested their unit’s operational effectiveness, compliance and deployment preparedness in a Combat Readiness Exercise during ...

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 ...

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Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth raised eyebrows this week when he said in a speech to military generals that fitness standards for combat must “return to the highest male standard.” “Those ...