I had the opportunity to speak at a major Naval command with the command's division remedial physical fitness test (PFT) leaders. Many of the issues the Navy is having with the physical mission ...

The U.S. Marine Corps set out to make its Physical Fitness Test more challenging this year, and initial records obtained by Task & Purpose suggest they’ve succeeded. An analysis of the service’s most ...

I received an email from a soldier who writes: "I have been in the military for 17 years and am currently serving as a reservist. This weekend, they informed me that I would be running the PT test in ...

The Navy unveiled its new physical fitness assessment cycle on Tuesday, requiring sailors to undergo two PFAs per calendar ...

“Nobody does the push-ups,” Sgt. Gunnar Naughton, a 24-year-old chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist, told Task & Purpose in June. “The only reason why it would be good for you ...

Marine Corps Recruits with November Company, 4th Battalion, and Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, conduct the 3-mile run portion of a physical fitness test (PFT) on Marine Corps ...

LEXINGTON, Va. – A Rockbridge County cancer survivor is hoping his mind-over-matter fitness journey inspires others to set and reach goals in life. John Harb, 71, retired from his career as an ...

Recruits of Company A "war cry" while in the plank position aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in 2012. (Cpl. Eric Quintanillla/Marine Corps) Marines have complained for ages that the ...