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 ...

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 ...

Soldiers will once again have to get familiar with a different physical fitness test, as the Army moves toward a renamed one that drops an event and alters scoring standards, the service announced ...

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 ...

In July of 2025, President Donald Trump reinstated the Presidential Physical Fitness Test,[1] a standardized evaluation of fitness for American school-age children. It includes a one-mile run, ...

When it comes to the selection and hiring of our next generation of firefighters, physical fitness should never be left to chance. The fireground doesn’t care how you look in uniform or what you bench ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...