Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marines serving in combat arms jobs will begin taking a gender-neutral Physical Fitness Test on Jan. 1, 2026. All Marines in ...

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 ...

Patrick T. Fallon The Pentagon is mounting a six-month review of women in ground combat jobs, to ensure what it calls the military “effectiveness” of having several thousand female soldiers and ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to implement a sex-neutral physical fitness test scoring system for Marines with combat military occupational specialties beginning Jan. 1, 2026, according to a recent ...

Hospital Corpsman Shannon Crowley patrols with a Female Engagement Team attached to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, in Afghanistan, 2010. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) This much we know: at least 154 ...

Marine Corps rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), prepares to catch a Skydio X2D small unmanned aircraft system during ...

Thousands of sailors, Marines and airmen have wrapped up a large annual training exercise stretching from Arizona to San Diego. The exercise puts troops in realistic scenarios they could face during ...

U.S. Marines from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, trained in a combat town during the Sapper Leadership Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Nov. 18, 2025. The event put ...