Army Gives New Option to Soldiers Who Can't Do the ACFT Leg Tuck An alternative exercise is just one of the changes Army officials are making to ACFT plans.
Sergeant Major of the Army Explains How a Socially Distanced ACFT Will Work Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston said ACFT events can be performed while COVID-19 protocols are still in effect.
Air Force Suspends Tape Test Indefinitely, Extends PT Testing Pause The Air Force will not resume physical fitness testing until October, the service announced.
Air Force PT Test Suspensions May Continue Past June Officials are currently reviewing "a few different options for the way-ahead on PT testing."
Marine Corps Suspends PFT for Remainder of 2020 Marines who haven't taken their physical fitness test yet this season will be able to skip it.
Air Force Suspends Physical Fitness Tests Through End of May Unlike the Navy, which waived testing, airmen's tests will merely be delayed by six months.
Fitness Cult? An Army Officer Responds to ACFT Critiques "The test should not be the only relevant element of readiness, but it cannot just be decoupled without major ramifications."
1st Air Force Unit Begins 'Beta Testing' No-Fail Practice PT Test Airmen who fall under Air Force Materiel Command will start to see a new option when it comes to their physical fitness test.
The ACFT and the Problems with the Military's Cult of Physical Fitness The Army has increased barriers to service at the same time it attempts to broaden its recruiting base.
New Marine Corps PFT Rules Start Soon. Here's Who Will Face Them First Marines will soon get the option to swap crunches on their physical fitness test with a plank.
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...
