On Saturday, the Army's new fitness test becomes official after nearly 12 years in development, marking the first time since soldiers began training for the new standard two years ago that they will ...
FORT SILL, Oklahoma (May 9, 2022) — The U.S. Army has launched the revised Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) and one artillery battery commander is welcoming the changes with massive open arms. Capt.
The Army’s physical fitness test has remained unchanged for some 40 years: two minutes to do as many push-ups as possible, then two minutes for sit-ups, then a two mile run. Recruits need a certain ...
Master Sgt. Kathryan Torres performs the three-repetition maximum deadlift during an Army Combat Fitness Test on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on Sept. 20, 2022. (Spc. Joshua Taeckens/Army) ...
It’s been a decade in the making, but the Fort Eustis-based Center for Initial Military Training’s rethink of soldiers’ physical fitness and the test it developed has won a green light from Army ...