The Navy has a new fitness test for active-duty “combat arms personnel,” including members of Naval Special Warfare and Naval ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cracked down on what he has termed "woke" elements in the U.S. military, and fitness testing.

Combat arms personnel in the U.S. Navy will need to complete the new test once a year, executing swims, runs, push-ups, and pull-ups.

US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after signing an executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools on July 31, 2025 in Washington, ...

Now, airmen have the option to do the High Aerobic Multi-Shuttle Run, or HAMR, as an alternative to the run for both PT tests per year, Air Force officials said on Tuesday. For the HAMR, airmen must ...

Navy SEAL trainees and other sailors hoping to join one of a handful of hard-charging Navy jobs have to pass many brutal fitness tests. But beginning this year, fully qualified SEALs and others in ...

The U.S. Army is considering a new tape test that will help officers measure a soldier’s body fat, according to a new report. "We want well-balanced soldiers," Army Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston told ...

Over the last five years, the Army has been testing and developing new fitness tests and standards, updating the APFT with the ACFT. In recent years, other tests have been added or modified to include ...

WASHINGTON – The Air Force will provide Airmen five physical fitness assessment alternatives – three for the cardio portion and sit-up components and two for the push-up component of the physical ...

Are current firefighter fitness recommendations meeting their objectives? Fitness is defined as the condition of being physically fit and healthy and the quality of being suitable to fulfill a ...