Soldiers will have to run faster and do more push-ups in order to stay in their combat jobs under the Army’s new fitness ...

This week, the U.S. Army announced its plans for an updated fitness test that requires men and women in combat positions to meet the same physical standards ... for body weight,” Dr. Mooney ...

On June 1, the Army will adopt new fitness standards for soldiers in combat roles. Many of the updates to the test are ...

Army fitness test changes will mean “sex-neutral” standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs while nixing the standing power throw.

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 ...

Success on the event was also largely correlated with a soldier's height, according to a Rand Corp. study. Read Next: Army Seeing ... highest and equal standards for men and women in combat." ...

A RAND Corporation study previously noted the event's correlation with soldier height. The updated AFT will introduce sex-neutral but age-normed standards ... and weight assessments. The Army ...

The US Army is set to introduce the ... noted the event's correlation with soldier height. The updated AFT will introduce sex-neutral but age-normed standards for 21 combat military occupational ...