The Air Force's new leadership decided to bring duty patches back, and said they are a way for airmen to tell their own story ...

The USAF launched what it termed its "Culture of Fitness" in September 2025 after "critical review" found "overall well-being and operational readiness" were not at the point they needed to be for ...

The Air Force is no longer requiring airmen to complete a 2-mile run for at least one of their biannual physical fitness tests, and the Space Force is now requiring all guardians to take their service ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airmen had been required to complete the 2-mile run at least once per year. Some guardians were told they had to take one PT test ...

The U.S. Air Force is overhauling its Physical Fitness Assessment. Starting in 2026, the test will move to a new 100-point ...

Members of the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet reserve unit perform pushups for their physical fitness assessment on May 15, 2022. (MC2 Daniel Cleary/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

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

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Sailors will once again be required to take two physical fitness tests per year, the Navy announced today. The changes to the Navy’s Physical Readiness Program say they will be implemented in January ...

Active-duty sailors will have to complete two physical fitness assessments per year starting in 2026, the Navy announced this week in a return to its pre-coronavirus pandemic fitness testing schedule.