Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy is nixing the postpartum “wellness” physical fitness assessment, or PFA, that new mothers in the fleet had been taking in ...

The Navy will conduct a single physical fitness assessment cycle for calendar year 2024 – just like it did in 2023. Historically, two cycles are conducted each calendar year, but that changed in March ...

A common complaint about the existing PT uniforms is that they do not fit well—and are made of absorbent materials that do not “wick” moisture like civilian running clothes. The United States Navy is ...

Sailors’ careers will no longer be over if they fail back to back fitness tests, according to updated U.S. Navy policy. Now, instead of automatic marks on their annual evaluations, sailors’ fitness ...

The United States Navy announced Tuesday that it was increasing its annual physical fitness assessment to twice a year, starting in 2026, with the tests taking place during the two fitness assessment ...

Sailors assigned to the 7th Fleet's flagship Blue Ridge perform planks during a physical readiness test at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka in October 2021. (MCSN Trinity Benjamin/Navy) Sailors ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a 60-day review of physical standards for military combat roles to ensure female troops are not being given exceptions for the physically challenging jobs, ...