The Navy unveiled its new physical fitness assessment cycle on Tuesday, requiring sailors to undergo two PFAs per calendar ...
Sailors who fail three physical fitness assessments within four years will be processed for administrative separation, the ...
The increase in fitness testing aligns with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push for increased physical standards across the ...
The Navy is returning to its pre-2020 physical fitness assessment system, requiring sailors to complete a test every six ...
The change in the Navy's Physical Readiness Program returns the military to its standards before the COVID-19 pandemic, which ...
Members of the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command reserve unit during the pushup portion of the physical fitness assessment, May 2022. (MC2 Daniel Cleary/U.S. Navy) The Navy will not require some ...
The Navy is nixing the postpartum “wellness” physical fitness assessment, or PFA, that new mothers in the fleet had been taking in recent years after giving birth, per the recommendation of the Navy ...
Sailors assigned to USS Blue Ridge perform planks during a physical readiness test (PRT) held at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka Purdy Fitness Center, Oct. 13, 2021. (MCSN Trinity Benjamin/Navy) ...