The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

Updates include sex-neutral requirements for all combat MOS Marines to score a minimum of 210 out of a possible 300.

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps will institute a sex-neutral scoring physical fitness test for Marines with a combat arms primary military occupational specialty, the service announced this week. “Our ...

All Marines in combat arms fields will soon have to meet the same standards on their Physical Fitness Test, or PFT, regardless of their gender, under a service-wide policy announced Thursday. The new ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is rolling out significant updates to its physical fitness and body composition requirements starting January 1, 2026. These changes aim to align standards with the physical ...

The Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT) is the toughest among the U.S. military’s standard fitness exams, demanding top-tier performance in pull-ups or push-ups, planks, and a brutal 3-mile run.

The Navy unveiled its new physical fitness assessment cycle on Tuesday, requiring sailors to undergo two PFAs per calendar ...

The U.S. Marines’ Physical Fitness Test is more than a workout—it’s a ritual of pressure, pride, and purpose. I trained hard, ...