The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for soldiers who fall short, according to the recommendations from a new study ...

High Court has upheld a 2015 circular of the Ministry of Defence (Army), which does not allow “married accommodation” to Army officers who go on study leave. Ten officers who were asked to vacate ...

The Army will formally study the body compositions of more than 2,000 soldiers beginning in October, and the service plans to use the data it gathers to determine the future of its body composition ...

The Army Science Board, a federally-sanctioned independent group of experts that advises the Secretary of the Army, recently published an assessment about the future of the M1 tank. It also outlines ...

Female Army recruits have been told to start pumping iron and bulk up if they want to serve on the front line. A major new study by Army fitness chiefs found that women hoping to serve in infantry ...

ARLINGTON, VA (May 10, 2017) -- The Army Study Program Management Office (ASPMO) released the Army Study Program (ASP) Guidance for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) on 27 April. The release of the FY18 ...

NATICK, Mass. (April 5, 2018) -- The exercise physiology laboratory located within the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, or USARIEM, has been bustling with activity this month ...

The Army has launched a review of its body fat standards in a high-tech study that aims to understand the relationship between height, weight, fat and fitness. The research study, which began Monday ...

Recruits entering the Army are reportedly more out of shape than they've ever been, costing the branch millions of dollars as it attempts to overcome its worst recruiting crisis in decades. A study in ...

The Army recently started a drone school at Fort Benning, Georgia for new soldiers. A report released earlier this year noted gaps in how the Army is preparing small units to counter enemy drones.