By Shayne Harrell In December of 1946, my grandfather, Private First Class Peyton E. Harrell, received a letter of...
Welded Into a Fine Unit of Teamwork: The Role of Recreational Sports
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Physical Fitness Articles
Mission and Motherhood: Tools for Leading Pregnant and Postpartum Soldiers
By Katie Walter I was terrified when I discovered I was pregnant as a young Second Lieutenant in the Armor branch....
Don’t Read This, Just Go To Bed
by Chris Murray In 2015, as a young Infantry lieutenant, I found myself once again in a crowded, overheated battalion...
Who Cares if Soldiers Look Fat? Reimagining the Army’s Body Composition Program
by Brennan Deveraux & Katie Haapala For the past few years, the Army has prioritized a holistic approach to...
ACFT 3.5: How the Army can Meet Congressional Guidance without Resorting to Gender Discrimination
by Kristen M. Griest I wrote an op-ed through the Modern War Institute in February advocating against the...
Lessons Learned in Large Scale ACFT Testing
by Sarah Ferreira Since 2018, my unit has been executing the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) on a large scale,...
How We Evaluate Physical Training
by Alex Morrow Was that a good workout? If it was, how do you know? If you were to ask these questions to many of our...
Army Culture: Make Room for Recovery
By MAJ Terron Wharton From January 2018 to June 2020, I served in key development positions as a battalion operations...
Rethinking the Standard Battle Rhythm
By Chris Garlick How many Soldiers do you know who always have an energy drink or coffee in their hand, despite the...