Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Army is planning to replace its antiquated fitness exam with a more rigorous model designed to better prepare soldiers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Beginning this summer, a visit to a local Army recruiting office will include a new set of gymnastic tests to help determine what military jobs a recruit is physically capable of ...

WASHINGTON — The Army is kicking out the leg tuck. On Monday, it ended its requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck — where they hang from a bar and pull their knees up near their shoulders ...

No matter what military service they join, hopeful recruits have shared one defining experience — the unusual, and for some, embarrassing group medical exams at military entrance processing stations.

President Biden revealed Wednesday that he is making an unannounced trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a physical exam. Biden has undergone yearly physical examinations since the ...