On June 1, the Army will adopt new fitness standards for soldiers in combat roles. Many of the updates to the test are relatively minor, though the minimum requirement in some events, like the 2-mile ...

Soldiers will have to run faster and do more push-ups in order to stay in their combat jobs under the Army’s new fitness ...

England will introduce minimum fitness standards for their women's players next year, says head coach Charlotte Edwards.

The U.S. Army officially adopts the Army Fitness Test as the new test of record for Soldiers starting June 1, 2025. The ...

Languages: English. 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 had previously tried to make the Army Combat Fitness Test gender- and age-neutral, but those efforts failed.

In contract negotiations, the Abilene Police Officers Association has requested a halt to mandatory physical fitness ...

The U.S. Army announced an overhaul of its physical fitness test, including gender-neutral standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs. The new fitness test consists of a three-repetition maximum ...

Last week, the U.S. Army announced new fitness standards in line with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders to make the standards for women and men in combat roles the same. Like much of ...

Hegseth earlier this month directed a review of military standards related to physical fitness and appearance across all services, and why those standards have changed since Jan. 1, 2015 — the ...

By Erik Vance On June 1, the Army will adopt new fitness standards for soldiers in combat roles. Many of the updates to the test are relatively minor, though the minimum requirement in some events ...