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 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 ...

Over the course of two days, four career counselors from across the U.S. Army Military District of Washington (USAMDW) ...

In December 2015, the Obama administration decided to allow women to serve in all combat roles. "There will be no exceptions," Ashton Carter, then the secretary of defense, announced. Women would be ...

The fall high school athletic season in Minnesota isn’t open until Aug. 14, but a host of Litchfield athletes have already ...

The standards for your two-mile run, Tom, are about the Army Combat Fitness Test. It is not the requirement to have an MOS 11 Bravo, which is infantry. These are the requirements today for people ...