More Changes Brewing for Embattled Army Fitness Test The changes are still being formulated, with some of the uncertainty driven by two competing congressional requirements built...
Some Space Force Guardians Can Skip Fitness Test Until New Program Is Unveiled Space Force Guardians will not be required to take a fitness assessment in 2023 if they took one in 2022, at least until the...
The Army's Fitness Test Might Be Revamped Yet Again for Gender-Neutral and Job-Specific Standards The must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA would require Army Secretary Christine Wormuth to revamp the ACFT...
Ask Stew: Workout Do's and Don'ts for Those Trying to Max Out Pull-ups Practicing pull-ups and other pulling movements will improve your tactical ability by being able to pull yourself over...
Friday Favorite Workout — Leg Day with Army CFT in Mind If you already are doing a leg day, why not add in some of the elements of your future tactical fitness test?
How Military Recruits Can Overcome Fitness Test Issues The most common fitness testing issues for new military recruits are running, push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, swimming and now...
No More Tape Test, But Only for Soldiers That Crush the Fitness Test Soldiers who score at least a 540 on the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, will be exempt from having their body fat...
The Army's New Fitness Test Is Here. For Real This Time. No, Seriously. But Its Future Is Uncertain. A staple of military service, the fitness test has effectively been sidelined as officials tuned it and soldiers got familiar...
Coast Guard Fitness Requirements Today, with the threat of terrorist attacks on American soil, the Coast Guard stands as our first line of defense against any...
Here's the Secret to Passing Military Fitness Tests The acronym used to describe an ideal fitness program is FITT, which stands for frequency, intensity, time and type.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...