Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Monday ordering men and women to meet the same physical fitness requirements if they want to serve in combat roles, saying the Pentagon had “allowed ...

The U.S. Army announced an overhaul of its physical fitness test, including gender-neutral standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs. The new fitness test consists of a three-repetition maximum ...

The Army now requires men and women to meet the same standards of physical fitness for combat roles to make soldiers as effective as possible. NBC News' Yasmin ...

The U.S. Army is rolling out a new fitness test from June 1 that will adopt new standards for all soldiers in combat roles. In a significant shift, the new fitness standards will be the same for men ...

The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest and symbolic move that reflects mounting internal and political pressure over ...

In the complex process of military recruitment, where candidates are evaluated on everything from cognitive aptitude to physical endurance, few criteria are as straightforward. Yet, as consequential ...

Choosing a new fitness test has become the Army’s new forever war. The Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, has undergone a never-ending series of changes since it was first introduced in 2017, and now ...

The Army now requires men and women to meet the same standards of physical fitness for combat roles to make soldiers as effective as possible. NBC News' Yasmin Vosshoughian puts her fitness to the ...