Female soldiers serving in combat-related roles must meet the same physical standards as their male counterparts in events ...

The new Army Fitness Test comes after Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the elimination of lower fitness standards for women in combat roles. By Jonathan Wolfe Women in U.S. Army combat ...

The U.S. Army will soon require women in combat ... The primary change lies in how the test is scored. Female soldiers in close combat occupations will now be evaluated using the same performance ...

The US Army is set to introduce the Army Fitness Test (AFT) in June 2025, replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). The AFT eliminates the standing power throw and introduces age-normed ...

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Sargent was among the U.S. contingent that travelled to the United Kingdom recently to take part in the Platoon Combat Medical Training Course as part of Operation ...

US Army said the fitness test will be called ... of Defence said “We need to have the same standard, male or female, in our combat roles. Soon, we’ll have nothing but the highest and equal ...

The U.S. Army is rolling out a new fitness test that will require female soldiers serving in combat jobs to be rated ... His female platoon commander and a female medic in his squad, who are ...

The U.S. Army is making changes ... to make fitness standards for combat jobs more uniform across all genders. "We need to have the same standard, male or female, in our combat roles," Hegseth ...

The U.S. Army formalized equal fitness standards between men and women in combat roles in new guidelines ... including support to Soldiers with medical profiles and governance to monitor the ...

The Army has announced that it ... expected to especially impact women in combat roles. This comes almost a decade after those jobs were opened to female troops, and the new secretary of defense ...