The evolution of testing and training has affected the Ranger School and Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, with a new ...

Soldiers trying to earn the Army Ranger tab will have to do more challenging functional fitness exercises starting day one.

The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out ...

Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, mandated that physical fitness requirements for combat jobs be “sex-neutral,” a move ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday a sweeping new policy that will require the U.S. military to adopt equal ...

These imbalances threaten to undermine the Army's combat effectiveness The ACFT currently consists of ... is an imbalance in the application of the new standards. Currently, there are no ...

The initial version of the ACFT, to address lessons learned ... concerned with initial pass rates. The Army challenged the force with a new fitness standard, yet despite widespread improvement ...