Staff Sgt. Aboubacar Kallo, a career counselor with 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, performs hand-release push-ups at Ritz-Epps Fitness Center on Fort Liberty, N.C., Dec. 11, 2024.

Starting this summer, the Army will require female soldiers in combat roles to pass the same “sex-neutral” fitness test as their male counterparts, the service announced Monday. The new Army Fitness ...

Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the wringer for decades, but the way they measure strength and readiness is ...

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth raised eyebrows this week when he said in a speech to military generals that fitness standards for combat must “return to the highest male standard.” “Those ...

The 316th, 89th and 11th Wings at Andrews and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling tested their unit’s operational effectiveness, compliance and deployment preparedness in a Combat Readiness Exercise during ...