Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the ...

WASHINGTON — Soldiers who score at least 465 points on the Army Fitness Test are eligible to be exempt from the service’s body fat standards, the Army announced Wednesday. “This is a welcome ...

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps will institute a sex-neutral scoring physical fitness test for Marines with a combat arms primary military occupational specialty, the service announced this week. “Our ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S. military. In a speech addressing several hundred high-ranking officials in ...

All Marines in combat arms fields will soon have to meet the same standards on their Physical Fitness Test, or PFT, regardless of their gender, under a service-wide policy announced Thursday. The new ...

Staff Sgt. Neto Sevilla, assigned to 41st Field Artillery Brigade, performs a deadlift exercise during the Army Combat Fitness Test. (Capt. Sara Berner/Army) Soldiers who score a 465 or better on the ...

Troops will now be required to take at least two fitness tests per year. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S.