The Army plans to launch a new, four-event fitness test for recruits this summer that will serve as "the physical equivalent of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery," allowing the service to ...

For more than 40 years, the Army physical fitness test (APFT) was ideal for the running and endurance athlete, as it tested muscle stamina and cardio endurance with calisthenics and running events.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 1, 2016) -- The Army currently uses the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, as a predictor of a future Soldier's ability to meet the academic ...

Starting Tuesday, United States Army administrators are implementing a new test for recruits, marking a change in the organization's longstanding enlistment methods. New recruits will take the ...

The removal of the standing power throw from the ACFT represents a smarter, more combat-relevant assessment of soldiers, the authors of this op-ed argue. (Ssg. Armando R. Limon/U.S. Army) The recent ...