FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The U.S. Army's new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2020. In order to meet that timeline, equipment for the ACFT has started shipping - and the Kentucky ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Earlier this month, during a spell of gray, wet weather, big trucks rolling out of Decatur, Alabama, steered south to the red clay and pines of Fort Benning, hauling so large a ...

The first Army unit has received the equipment it needs to face the new Army Combat Fitness Test. The Kentucky National Guard is the very first of active duty, guard, and reserve components to receive ...

An unofficial U.S. Army Reserve safety advisory circulating on social media warns units about allegedly defective Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) weight-lifting bars. But it contains inaccurate ...

The U.S. Army has begun issuing the long-awaited exercise equipment needed for the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) -- starting with the Kentucky National Guard. All active-duty, National Guard and ...

Army active-duty, National Guard and Reserve units finally should receive the sports equipment necessary to practice the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, by next spring, according to the general in ...

Beginning Oct. 1, a modified version of the Army Combat Fitness Test will become the service's new fitness evaluation, but training challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic will mean individual ...