The Army Never Should Have Switched to the ACFT When it comes to the Army Combat Fitness Test, we need to ask ourselves, "Why?"
The Army Infantry Doesn't Just Need More Women. It Needs More Qualified Women "Removing high standards and offering substitutions will increase pass rates among women, leading the Army to falsely...
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...
Army Leaders Say ACFT 3.0 Remains Gender-Neutral, Despite Gender-Specific Evaluation Categories The change to the assessment comes after Army leaders announced in January that the service would conduct a review of the...
In Change, Army Grants New Mothers a Full Year to Meet Body Fat Standards The Army is moving to double the physical standards grace period for soldiers who give birth.
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
Army's Revamped ACFT Would Create 'Gender-Specific' Promotion Evaluation Categories The move would back away from the Army's original plan to have the new six-event test be gender-neutral in all aspects.
Group Wants to Halt ACFT Until the Army Assesses Whether It's Fair to Female Soldiers The Service Women's Action Network has urged Congress to stop the implementation of the Army Combat Fitness Test.
'Soldiers' Careers Depend on It': Senators Want to Halt Army Combat Fitness Test Rollout Two senators say the new Army Combat Fitness Test sets unrealistic standards for some soldiers.
Army to Outfit 110 Active Brigades with Fitness Experts to Boost Soldier Performance The Holistic Health and Fitness strategy is designed to work with unit leaders and individual soldiers to hone performance.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
