The Marine Corps just killed height-and-weight screenings. A completely new method is now the standard for every Marine's ...

The U.S. Marine Corps has gone further in its waist-to-height ratio than the Department of Defense's standards, making the new criteria 0.52 or less.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marines serving in combat arms jobs will begin taking a gender-neutral Physical Fitness Test on Jan. 1, 2026. All Marines in ...

The Marines’ waist-to-height standard for body composition shall be less than or equal to 0.52, slimmer than the Pentagon’s ...

The Marines have announced new standards for evaluating body composition after the Pentagon directed it to use the ...

What sounds like “just the Army Combat Fitness Test” quickly becomes a full-body grind as a 99-pound US Marine takes on the new ACFT events including the three-rep max deadlift at 155 pounds, standing ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S. military. In a speech addressing several hundred high-ranking officials in ...

Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the wringer for decades, but the way they measure strength and readiness is ...