Troops who score high on the Army’s fitness test could soon be exempt from the tape measure test for height and weight balance, the service’s top enlisted soldier said this week. Sgt. Maj. of the Army ...

It's official -- the Army will now assess body fat using a tape measurement around the waist only. The service announced Monday it has simplified one of the key ways it judges soldier physical fitness ...

Airmen will also undergo a body composition analysis as part of the test that measures their waist circumference against ...

Most soldiers in the Army are passing the service's physical fitness test -- 98% of active-duty men and 95% of active-duty women -- after troops have been taking it for about five years, according to ...

The U.S. Air Force launched a new “Culture of Fitness” initiative, altering the current physical fitness assessments by adding a 2-mile run and making the test biannual for all service members. At the ...