The normal Army standard is up to 26% body fat for men and 36% for women ... the service hit its recruiting goal of 55,300 new active-duty troops, an achievement largely attributable to the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping, military-wide review of physical fitness and grooming standards with the apparent aim of making the military a stricter and less accommodating ...

Instead of continuing to punish soldiers for a medical condition, the Army must also implement a structured medical evaluation pathway for those who fail body fat standards. It goes without saying ...

In a bold move, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is shaking up military standards, sparking debates and raising eyebrows across ...

Hegseth’s directive comes after the Biden administration loosened restrictions on various grooming and hairstyle rules for military service members, as well as body fat percentage requirements for ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders review of fitness standards across the ranks, calling for vigilance "as the world's ...

The DOD Office of Inspector General found the Army admitted recruits into the course who exceeded the allowable body fat composition limit, endangering their health. (Sean Rayford/AP) ...

Channing Tatum showed fans how much his weight has fluctuated for acting roles in a series of shirtless pictures on Instagram ...

A report claims the Army has lost almost 25% of the soldiers it has recruited since 2022 prior to the completion of their ...

A new report found that trainees at the Army’s pre-bootcamp program exceeded body composition limits and had inconsistent medical monitoring.

A new Department of Defense inspector ... that recruiters and leadership at the Army Training Center and Fort Jackson admitted recruits with body fat percentages that did not comply with the ...

The Defense Department lists body fat composition ... In January, then-Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told The Associated Press the service was expecting to bring in 61,000 new recruits by ...