December is the month when you’re supposed to be getting out of shape. But if you plan to either join the Army or reclassify from a “soft” military occupational specialty, like water treatment ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 2, 2016) -- About 260 miles south of Washington, D.C., and just four miles from the Virginia Tech campus in nearby Blacksburg, Virginia, is the New River Valley ...

Although these raw numbers probably do not mean much to the average person, if we take a closer look, we can see what standards have actually been set. This is a measure of lower-body power. So, how ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (March 8, 2016) – Maj. Gen. Anthony C. Funkhouser, commanding general, U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training, discusses the occupational physical fitness test during a senior ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- This summer, the Army expects to begin administering the Occupational Physical Assessment Test with new recruits. The OPAT is currently being evaluated at a select ...