Mayor Joel Ruma of Rizal, Cagayan, was shot dead and two others were critically wounded when unidentified gunmen fired into ...

The Army had previously tried to make the Army Combat Fitness Test gender- and age-neutral, but those efforts failed.

Starting this summer, the Army will require female soldiers in combat roles to pass the same “sex-neutral” fitness test as ...

"Soon we'll have nothing but the highest and equal standards for men and women in combat." Prior to taking on the Pentagon job, Hegseth, an Army veteran who rose to the rank of major and served in ...

US Army said the fitness test will be called the ... such as completing 10 hand-release push-ups and a 2-mile run in 22 minutes for men, achieving a high score will still require elite physical ...

across the Army. That role-specific plan was rejected later due to several logistical complexities. The new AFT has been seen as having a very low benchmark to pass – for instance, men are only ...

DAKAR, Senegal — An attack by armed men in western Niger killed 12 soldiers, the army said Saturday, in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence. The “surprise offensive ...