Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment
The Army’s elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out a new physical fitness assessment designed to better measure the endurance and strength required to complete the course. The revised standards will debut with Ranger School class 06-25, beginning April 21, marking the culmination […]
Army General Pressured Assessment Panel to Help Career of 'Ineffective' Officer
One of the Army’s top generals may have abused his authority and subverted the service’s process for selecting senior leadership in what some officials have described to Military.com as a conspiracy to prop up a subordinate officer who was deemed unfit for command. A Military.com investigation found that Gen. Charles Hamilton, who oversees Army Materiel […]