The Marine Corps Physical Conditioning Program has two main components: the physical fitness test (PFT) and the Body Composition Program. The Marine Corps' weight and body fat standards are health and ...

The Marine Corps has strict height and weight standards. However, it is considered acceptable not to meet the height and weight standards as long as you meet the service's body fat standards. Now, a ...

Recruits with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, execute ammo can lifts during physical training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 11, 2021. (Sgt. Dana Beesley/Marine ...

Data suggests Marines are healthier and fitter than ever before. (Lance Cpl. Colby Cooper/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps is looking for volunteers to take multiple scans as it re-evaluates its body ...

CERRITOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Decades after implementing service-wide body composition standards to measure Marines’ readiness, the U.S. Marine Corps decided to refine their current body ...

A Marine participates in a body composition assessment on Aug. 22 via bioelectrical impedance analysis scan at The Basic School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Lance Cpl. George Nudo/Marine ...