The Army Combat Fitness Test, introduced as a rigorous and comprehensive measure of soldiers' physical readiness, has sparked significant controversy. This assessment explains why the ACFT ...

The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for ...

The U.S. Army has approved a new strenuous fitness test designed to better prepare Soldiers for combat tasks, reduce injuries and lead to ample cost savings across the service. The six-event ...

The military monitors its service members’ fitness levels to ensure combat physical readiness and minimize loss of personnel to injury. Each military service selects its physical fitness tests ...

The local Boulder County Fire Department requested the Army ROTC Golden Buffalo Battalion from CU-Boulder to assist with helping train their new recruits using the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) ...