The Army has reconfigured its fitness test, dropping the ball throw, making the test sex-neutral for combat arms and raising the minimum required score for 21 combat-focused jobs.

The Army is poised to recalibrate its fitness standards, redefining the physical expectations for combat-arms roles in 2025. Yet, where those minimum requirements will ultimately land remains an ...

Women are not clamoring to join the infantry and other so-called combat arms specialties despite Pentagon orders to allow them to enter the fields next year. "Overall we find that generally the ...

Beginning in June, a revised version called the Army Fitness Test will replace the 3-year-old Army Combat Fitness Test. The updated test will feature five events instead of the current six and ...

“Different standards for men and women in combat arms, MOS and jobs, that’s not acceptable,” Hegseth said in a video posted to X, using the abbreviation for “military occupational ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to develop “sex-neutral” physical standards for combat arms jobs, which involve service members directly participating in ...

Women in the Army are showing increasing interest in serving in combat arms roles that are now open to them, Army officials say. (Patrick A. Albright/Army) One of the responsibilities of 15th ...

The Army is seeking 300 lieutenants from oversaturated combat arms fields to voluntarily transfer into understaffed roles.. Lieutenants currently branched in armor, infantry, combat engineer and ...

Combat arms soldiers must score 350, also with a minimum of 60 points in each event, though these soldiers will need more points in some events to reach the 350 threshold.