Both men and women between 17 and 21 years old who serve in combat arms military occupational specialties will have to deadlift at least 140 pounds under the new changes — women previously had ...

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 exact ...

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 ...

The U.S. Army announced last week a new physical fitness test that will implement a gender-neutral scale for combat arms soldiers, after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the armed forces ...

On March 31, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth mandated that the Pentagon review its combat arms standards to ensure that the military is making no exceptions for female servicemembers.

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 ...

In a new memo, Hegseth told leaders of the military services to distinguish which jobs are considered combat arms — such as special operations or infantry, and require “heightened entry level ...

Read Next: New Army Fitness Test: No More Ball Yeet, Higher Standards for Combat Arms With the test going live on June 1, that could give units little time to prepare for new expectations.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a 60-day review of physical standards for military combat roles to ensure female troops are not being given exceptions for the physically challenging ...