The U.S. military will impose the “highest male standard” for all combat roles in each service branch, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced during his Tuesday morning speech to hundreds of ...

The night before a military fitness test can be a swirl of emotions. Knowing what to eat -- and, just as importantly, what to avoid -- can add to that anxiety. Here is a question from a reader who is ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S. military. In a speech addressing several hundred high-ranking officials in ...

Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the wringer for decades, but the way they measure strength and readiness is ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assertion Tuesday that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles has reignited fears about his approach to women in the ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Army is moving forward with a new gender and age neutral fitness test designed to test soldier's combat readiness. The six-event test is called the Army Combat Fitness ...

Fort Eustis, Newport News, Va., October 2018: Army Staff Sgt. Jessica Smiley, a test grader with the Army’s Center for Initial Military Training, looks on as soldiers with the 128th Aviation Brigade ...