Timor-Leste's President Jose Ramos Horta has raised the prospect of his nation's tiny military taking part in drills led by the People's Liberation Army, as negotiations with Australia over the ...

Thomas Hannon, assistant adjutant general, Rhode Island Air National Guard, their discussions focused on bilateral military ... U.S. Army Pacific’s Dalan ba Dame exercise in Timor-Leste.

On Monday, the Army announced it was replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test with the Army Fitness Test, AFT, according to a news release published on its website. "The five-event AFT is designed ...

The president of Timor Leste, also known as East Timor ... Just earlier this month, China’s military said it had completed two days of live-fire exercises that included simulated strikes ...

The U.S. Army is making changes to their ... In March, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to make fitness standards for combat jobs more uniform across all genders.

The standard AFT, which all troops must pass, will still be sex and age-based, according to the Army. But scoring on the test for 21 combat military occupational specialties is “sex-neutral and ...