The new test is unlikely to be much of an issue, as Navy SEALs are among the most physically fit people on the planet. The Navy has released its latest physical fitness standards and a new combat arms ...

U.S. Coast Guard members patrol the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Perry Shirzad/U.S. Coast Guard) Starting this year, able-bodied active and Selected Reserve Coast Guard ...

The USAF launched what it termed its "Culture of Fitness" in September 2025 after "critical review" found "overall well-being and operational readiness" were not at the point they needed to be for ...

Navy SEAL trainees and other sailors hoping to join one of a handful of hard-charging Navy jobs have to pass many brutal fitness tests. But beginning this year, fully qualified SEALs and others in ...

Active-duty sailors will have to complete two physical fitness assessments per year starting in 2026, the Navy announced this week in a return to its pre-coronavirus pandemic fitness testing schedule.

Members of the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet reserve unit perform pushups for their physical fitness assessment on May 15, 2022. (MC2 Daniel Cleary/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

All Marines in combat arms fields will soon have to meet the same standards on their Physical Fitness Test, or PFT, regardless of their gender, under a service-wide policy announced Thursday. The new ...

Marine recruits conduct an initial strength assessment at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Sept. 6, 2025. (Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to ...

The campaign will focus on physical fitness and its role in reducing preventable injuries and deaths in the fire and emergency services during Safety Stand Down 2026, June 14–20. Physical fitness will ...

In July of 2025, President Donald Trump reinstated the Presidential Physical Fitness Test,[1] a standardized evaluation of fitness for American school-age children. It includes a one-mile run, ...

The Presidential Fitness Test could return to Virginia public schools as early as next fall, as part of an executive order Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed last week. Under Executive Order 55, the Virginia ...