Lonnie Hibbard

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo, U.S Army troops training to serve as instructors participate in the new Army combat fitness test at the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade compound at Fort Bragg, N.C. Army leaders are kicking out the requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck as part of the new physical fitness test, after finding many troops — particularly women — were unable to do the exercise that requires them to raise their knees while hanging from a bar. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Army revamps fitness exam, kicks out leg tuck requirement

Army leaders are kicking out the requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck as part of the new physical fitness test.

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Soldiers in initial military training at Fort Jackson, S. C., line up to eat, May 11, 2020. (Victoria Evans)

Military setting record COVID cases as nationwide numbers balloon

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A member of the U.S. Army and medical professionals practice social distancing as they attend a news conference with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser at a temporary alternate care site constructed in response to the coronavirus outbreak inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Army keeping an eye on training as COVID cases rise

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