Marines who fail a tape test for body-fat percentage will soon be allowed to take a different type of exam before being placed in a remediation program after results of a new study led the service’s ...

source GAIA package: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310308120017_5675.zip Origin key: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310308120017 imported at Fri Jan 8 18:18:11 2016 BCP breakdown Thousands of Marines end up in the ...

A move to revisit Marine Corps body composition standards in light of women entering ground combat jobs may mean a reprieve from the unpopular tape test method of measuring body fat, Marine Corps ...

navy tape test at Gannett Government Media photo studio in Springfield, Virginia, on Thursday, September 4, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff) The Navy is doing away with the much-maligned neck-and-torso tape ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Marine Capt. Kyle Maschner hit one of the lowest points of his career a year ago when the Blue Angels had told him that he wasn’t good enough to join them. The rejection by the ...