The Navy is returning to its pre-2020 physical fitness assessment system, requiring sailors to complete a test every six ...

The Navy unveiled its new physical fitness assessment cycle on Tuesday, requiring sailors to undergo two PFAs per calendar ...

Spc. Andrew Rawlings, assigned to 10th Mountain Division, deadlifts while Holistic Health and Fitness strength conditioning coach supervises on Fort Drum, New York. (Pfc. Alyssa Norton/U.S. Army) The ...

The Army recently announced that its all-around health and fitness program will now expand beyond a select 111 brigades to the entire Army. Since its inception in 2018 with a pilot program, the ...

Starting this summer, the Army will require female soldiers in combat roles to pass the same “sex-neutral” fitness test as their male counterparts, the service announced Monday. The new Army Fitness ...

The Army Combat Fitness Test, introduced as a rigorous and comprehensive measure of soldiers’ physical readiness, has sparked significant controversy. This assessment explains why the ACFT, rather ...

Updates include sex-neutral requirements for all combat MOS Marines to score a minimum of 210 out of a possible 300.

Over the last five years, the Army has been testing and developing new fitness tests and standards, updating the APFT with the ACFT. In recent years, other tests have been added or modified to include ...

The concept of the "tactical athlete" is a relatively recent development in military fitness training. "Tactical fitness" did not begin to emerge until the mid-2000s, with military fitness programming ...

Students at the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness Academy undergo a holistic assessment to become H2F integrators back at their units. (Ambre Stewart/U.S. Army) The Army recently announced that its ...