1st Lt. Gabrielle White is the first woman to finish the Best Ranger Competition. See what she endured in the grueling 3-day event.

1st Lt. Gabrielle White is the first woman to finish the Best Ranger Competition. See what she endured in the grueling 3-day event.

US Army soldiers Gabrielle White and Seth Deltenre raise firearms in the air during the "final buddy run" event of the Best Ranger Competition.US Army photo by Capt. Stephanie Snyder1st Lt. Gabrielle White is the first woman soldier ever to finish the Army's Best Ranger Competition.The competition tests soldiers' strength, skill, and endurance over nearly 3 days."She had the skill and the physical ability to get it done," a former Ranger said.Th…

Army closes in on its elusive goal of a gender-neutral fitness test

Happy Friday! The Army announced this week that male and female soldiers in 21 combat military occupational specialties will have to meet the same standards on the new Army Fitness Test, which also eliminates the standing power throw event, which soldiers dubbed the “overhead yeet.” Both men and women between 17 and 21 years old who serve in combat arms military occupational specialties will have to deadlift at least 140 pounds under the new cha…

Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 756: U.S. Army Brigadier General David Zinn on Improving American Military Fitness Standards

U.S. Army Brigadier General David Zinn joins host Mike Slater to discuss Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's new initiatives to improve fitness standards across the entire American military.

New Army Fitness Test, Standards Coming in June

New Army Fitness Test, Standards Coming in June jlieberher Fri, 04/25/2025 - 12:27 The Army Combat Fitness Test will be replaced with the Army Fitness Test, a new five-event test that will be “sex-neutral and age-normed” for 21 combat MOSs, the Army announced in a news release. Designed to “enhance soldier fitness, improve warfighting readiness and increase the lethality of the force,” according to the release, the new Army Fitness Test will car…