The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...
Troops must have a waist measurement close to or less than half their height or risk being placed in their service's remedial ...
The Pentagon on Monday issued a memo directing the U.S. military to evaluate the body fat of troops using a waist-to-height ...
As the Pentagon rolls out tougher fitness standards and punishments for troops who fall short, some advocates are criticizing ...
A Soldier prepares for the dead lift event of the Army Combat Fitness Test Sept. 23, 2019, at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Thomas Brading/Army) The Army has set a timeline for reforms on how the service ...
The Air Force’s new physical fitness assessments will start counting sooner than originally planned, and the service will ...
The Navy is returning to its pre-2020 physical fitness assessment system, requiring sailors to complete a test every six months.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KSWO) - The U.S. military is replacing long-standing height-and-weight charts with ‘waist-to-height ratio’ ...