Air Force Adds Sickle Cell Trait Question to Fitness Survey After PT Deaths The addition of screening for sickle cell trait on the survey will help to flag those who might need additional clearance.
Men and Women Seeing Different Failure Rates on Army's Gender-Neutral Fitness Test The Army general in charge of the service's new combat fitness test said he's confident it will remain gender-neutral.
Army Unveils Major Changes to New Combat Fitness Test Some standards changed, and troops in initial military training must pass the test as a graduation requirement after Oct. 1.
Here's What Soldiers on a Permanent Profile Need to Know About the ACFT The Army released new guidelines for injured soldiers on permanent profile to follow when they take an altered ACFT.
After PT Deaths, Air Force Weighs Separating Waist Measurement from Fitness Test The Air Force's top enlisted leader said some airmen go to extremes, even starving themselves, to pass the tape test.
Eglin Curtails Run Portion of PT Test After Captain's Death Capt. Tranay Lashawn Tanner, 29, was transported to the Eglin Hospital last week with health complications.
Top Enlisted Airman Eyeing No-Fail Trial PT Tests to Help Improve Fitness Part of his plan to promote strong and mindful airmen is to revamp how airmen approach the physical fitness assessment.
Top Enlisted: Military Leaders Need to Help Troops Guard Against Heat Injuries There has been a 60% increase in troops' heat injuries between 2008 and 2018, and at least 17 deaths.
Marines Will Be Allowed to Choose Between Planks, Crunches on PFT Marines will have the option of performing a plank in lieu of crunches when completing the physical fitness test.
Injured Soldiers May Not Have to Take the Army's New Fitness Test Soldiers with permanent profiles who are unable to complete the new ACFT may be allowed to take an alternate fitness test.
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...