Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cracked down on what he has termed "woke" elements in the U.S. military, and fitness testing.

US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after signing an executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools on July 31, 2025 in Washington, ...

The Navy has a new fitness test for active-duty “combat arms personnel,” including members of Naval Special Warfare and Naval ...

Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the ...

The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest and symbolic move that reflects mounting internal and political pressure over ...

If you went to an American public school between 1966 and 2012, you probably have memories of sweating through the Presidential Physical Fitness Test – a gym class gauntlet that involved a mile run, ...

Ohio lawmakers propose reinstating a version of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test for students in grades 1-12. The proposal aims to combat rising childhood obesity rates and promote physical ...

The Navy will allow sailors who score high on their annual fitness test but might be carrying a few extra pounds to forgo extra physical training requirements as the services change their ...

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 ...