Marine Corps Updated Physical Fitness Test and Body Composition Standards Take Effect Jan. 1

Marines moving to gender-neutral Physical Fitness Test for combat jobs

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 rules bring Marine PT standards in line with guidelines laid out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Sept. 30 mandate that all combat arms troops across the military should be held to gender-neutral fitness standards.  A Marine Administrative Mes…

Marine Corps updated physical fitness test and body composition standards take effect Jan. 1

The Marine Corps will institute a sex-neutral scoring physical fitness test for Marines with a combat arms primary military occupational specialty.

Corps updates physical fitness test standards for combat MOS Marines

The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to implement a sex-neutral physical fitness test scoring system for Marines with combat military occupational specialities beginning Jan. 1, 2026, according to a recent service memo. The physical fitness updates, which also include changes to the service’s body composition standards, follow a September memorandum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that emphasized more strict fitness requirements for troops. Start…

Marine Corps Updates Physical Fitness Standards

DECEMBER 19, 2025 – The Marine Corps is implementing changes to its Physical Fitness Test and body composition standards in accordance with the Secretary of War’s Military Fitness Standards memorandum issued on Sept. 30, 2025. These changes, announced in MARADMIN 613/25, will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. The Marine Corps will institute sex-neutral scoring for the Physical Fitness Test for Marines in with a combat arms Primary Military Occupation…