APFT

In an alarming development, the U.S. Army has halted the gender-neutral Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) test as female soldiers were failing it at a rate of 65 percent.

There have been more questions than answers about what the new ACFT is going to look like and, well, how hard it truly is.

One of the changes is there is no longer a grading scale based on age. Soldiers will have the exact same standards regardless of age. 

After a rigorous assessment and selection process that lasted two days, the Army Warrior Fitness Team has filled its ranks with 15 members. The eight men and seven women come from across the Army and ranks. The primary objective of the team will be recruiting, while helping soldiers who are currently serving to improve their […]

Yes! Finally, the old Army Physical Fitness test, adopted in 1980 is finally going away, and the new six-event Army Combat Fitness Test is going to take its place. The new test is supposed to be much more strenuous and be a much better barometer for the soldiers to withstand the physical toll of combat. […]

A Special Forces instructor throws down the gauntlet, laying out the case against cronyism and careerism at the Qualification Course.

A human performance program designed to help Green Berets straighten out their bodies after punishing deployments could have emotional and psychological benefits, too, according to researchers. A team at Colorado State University has a grant to study whether the physical conditioning of the Human Performance Program, which is part of U.S. Special Operations Command’s Preservation […]

Never have I seen so many young adults with musculoskeletal injuries until I joined the United States Army.  And I’m not referring to basic training where some injuries are expected; I’m speaking of the active Army. Specifically, the airborne infantry is my point of reference, the part of the Army most of my experience is […]

The Army is implementing a new physical fitness test for placing soldiers in the appropriate MOS.