The Marine Corps is implementing changes to its Physical Fitness Test and body composition standards in accordance with the Secretary of War’s Military Fitness ...
Troops must have a waist measurement close to or less than half their height or risk being placed in their service's remedial ...
The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to implement a sex-neutral physical fitness test scoring system for Marines with combat military occupational specialties beginning Jan. 1, 2026, according to a recent ...
FILE - Female Marines go through one of the obstacles in the so-called confidence course at Parris Island Recruit Depot, S.,C., on May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered a 60-day review of military combat arms standards to ensure that exceptions are not being made for female troops to assume the physically demanding ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday ordered a “rapid” services-wide review of existing standards for physical fitness, body composition and grooming, according to a Pentagon news release. In a ...
WASHINGTON — The defense secretary’s decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services. And it will ...
The Defense secretary's decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services. And it will raise a ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has requested a review of military standards on combat and physical fitness. The review is seen as a broadside against women serving on the frontlines. WASHINGTON — The ...