A new U.S. Army regulation to measure soldiers’ body fat could result in many failing their fitness assessments. Army officials admitted on June 14 that some soldiers who had previously passed under ...

The United States Army has had some strict physical fitness requirements. Its new directive takes into account that body fat ...

The Army has been recruiting applicants who far exceed its body fat standards and not providing them the necessary medical services as they try to shed the weight and come into compliance, according ...

It's official -- the Army will now assess body fat using a tape measurement around the waist only. The service announced Monday it has simplified one of the key ways it judges soldier physical fitness ...

The Army announced new body standards for soldiers on July 7 in response to a War Department order targeting military fitness for the battlefield. The policy will require all soldiers to undergo a ...

The Army is adopting a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to its ubiquitous tape test that measures body fat in soldiers. Approved June 12 by Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, the new test will ...

The Army has announced new body standards for soldiers in response to a Department of Defense order targeting military fitness for the battlefield. The policy will require all soldiers to undergo a ...

The Army has developed a simplified method to asses a soldier's body fat as the military faces declined readiness due to obesity. The U.S. Army has published new body fat assessment standards to ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Army has published a new directive called “Army Body Fat Assessment for the Army Body Composition Program” that will make immediate changes to the Army Body Composition ...