The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for ...

The U.S. Army has approved a new strenuous fitness test designed to better prepare Soldiers for combat tasks, reduce injuries and lead to ample cost savings across the service. The six-event ...

Two US Marines attempt to pass the Chinese Army Physical Fitness Standards. Doctors and Health Experts Are Changing Their ...

The Army will begin administering the Occupational Physical Assessment Test (OPAT) to all recruits as a way to assess their fitness for military occupational specialties. The OPAT will also be ...

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 ...

The Navy will allow sailors who score well on physical fitness tests but don’t meet body fat standards to forgo extra training requirements.

The father of a soldier who died during an army fitness test has told an inquest his son felt he had to finish first to progress his career. Cpl Joshua Hoole, who was 26 and from Ecclefechan ...

Raipur: An applicant for the army agniveer enrollment died after completing a 1.6 km run, a part of physical fitness test, in ...