CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The 1st Theater Sustainment Command recently held an Army Combat Fitness Test grader validation training at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, enabling readiness for commanders. The ACFT ...

In late September 2019, the Army released updated Army combat fitness test (ACFT) standards. They are shown on the ACFT score chart below. The chart demonstrates the standards required for each ...

Command Sgt. Maj. Ted Copeland, command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Reserve, performs the sprint-drag-carry event for a practice Army Combat Fitness Test at Fort Eustis, Va., Oct. 25, 2019, during ...

WASHINGTON - The Army's most important weapons system is the Soldier. To overmatch the enemy in multi-domain operations, Soldiers must demonstrate physical fitness levels required for combat. The Army ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — For the servicemembers attending the 2023 Warfighter Conference at Fort Moore, there was one important question: the future of the ACFT (Army Combat Fitness Test). On the ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct the Army Combat Fitness Test on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in October. (Sgt. Cody Parsons ...

U.S. Army leaders will allow soldiers who cannot pass the leg tuck event on the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) to do a plank exercise as a temporary alternative for building core strength. The Army ...

If you thought the Army was anywhere close to coming to a consensus on its new fitness test, think again. Capt. Kristen Griest, one of the first women to graduate from the Army’s Ranger School and the ...

An advocacy group for women veterans sent a letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to stop implementation of the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) until the service completes an independent ...

A basic trainee just took the Army’s new combat fitness test to school. Spc. Benjamin Ritchie, with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, hit a perfect score of 600 points on the Army ...

ATLANTA — The new sergeant major of the Army offered a full-throated endorsement of the Army Combat Fitness Test on Tuesday as lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate defense spending and the future of the ...