New Air Force PT Test Will Have Walking Option for Some Troops, General Says The event alternatives aim to further the service's goal of moving away from a one-size-fits-all model.
Navy's First PT Test Since 2019 Has New Plank Guidance, More Recovery for Postpartum Sailors Postpartum sailors will be exempt from taking the PFA for 12 months instead of the previous standard of nine months.
Army May Go Back to Job-Specific Scoring After All on the New Fitness Test The force is balancing the desire for a fitter force while also striving not to harm efforts to fill the less physically...
For Guard and Reserve Soldiers Without Easy Access to Equipment, ACFT Training Costs Pile Up The Army's initiative to build a fitter force may have unintentionally created barriers for members of the National Guard and...
The Air Force's New PT Test Is Coming This July. Here's What We Know "We are moving away from a one-size-fits-all model," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles CQ Brown in a news release
At 53, I Took the Tough New Army Combat Fitness Test. Here's How It Turned Out For 23 days, I slogged through a journey that pulled my body from a lifestyle of daily walks and gin martinis into a regimen...
Air Force Delays PT Test Again But Adds a New Scoring System The U.S. Air Force just postponed its physical fitness assessment for the fourth time in about a year due to COVID-19.
Army's Top NCO Goes on Twitter to Scold Leaders for Not Testing Units on ACFT Sergeant Major of the Army Grinston told unit leaders in the operational force that they need to make the ACFT a priority
Air Force Becomes First Service to Ditch the Hated Tape Test for Good PT tests, scheduled to resume next month, will now be on hold until April, according to a service release.
Bill Would Force Army to Halt ACFT Until It Can Study Impacts Congress wants an independent study to look at how the more-challenging assessment will affect recruiting and retention.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...