The U.S. Army will conduct a congressionally mandated independent study of the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT. But for now, soldiers will continue to take the more challenging fitness assessment.

The Army's old fitness test edged closer to termination after the service on Monday said in a memo reviewed by Military.com to the force that soldiers flagged for a failed assessment can lift it by ...

Three years after unveiling its new fitness test as gender-neutral, the Army is considering a change to the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) that would score soldiers on a service-wide percentile ...

While announcing new changes to the Army Combat Fitness Test, Army leaders implored soldiers to just take the damn test already. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston and Maj. Gen. Lonnie Hibbard, ...

A leaked Army document reveals that 84 percent of women have failed the new Army Combat Fitness Test, which will become the official annual US Army physical exam next year. The rigorous six event ...