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The Best Workouts to Prepare for the New Army Fitness Test
The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) has dropped the medicine ball toss, removed the word “Combat” from its name, and ...
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Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality
The U.S. Army announced today the establishment of the Army Fitness Test (AFT) as the official physical fitness test of ...
Army closes in on its elusive goal of a gender-neutral fitness test
The Army had previously tried to make the Army Combat Fitness Test gender- and age-neutral, but those efforts failed.
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Army alters fitness test yet again, moving to 5-event format and sex-neutral standards
Beginning in June, a revised version called the Army Fitness Test will replace the 3-year-old Army Combat Fitness Test. The ...
Female Soldiers Will Have to Pass ‘Sex-Neutral’ Physical Test, U.S. Army Says
The new Army Fitness Test comes after Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the elimination of lower fitness standards ...
New Army Fitness Test Includes Gender-Neutral Benchmarks
The U.S. Army introduced a new fitness test with gender-neutral standards for combat roles, seeking to enforce uniform ...
End of the ‘yeet’: the standing power throw is out as new Army fitness test goes ‘sex-neutral’ for combat jobs
Army fitness test changes will mean “sex-neutral” standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs while nixing the standing power ...