WASHINGTON – More than half of female Marines in boot camp can’t do three pull-ups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to delay the ...

Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the wringer for decades, but the way they measure strength and readiness is ...

Editor's note: This story was first published at 11:04 a.m. EDT on July 1, 2016. The Marine Corps' new fitness rules are out, and they include some revolutionary changes to the way the service ...

The United States Marine Corp are proud, but they are also few, at least according to the recruiting slogan. The elite nature of the Corps means that the branch holds high standards of fitness and ...

Preparing for U.S. Marine Corps boot camp requires a physical fitness level above and beyond that of other regular service branches. The longer running distance and pull-ups alone are the events most ...

PORT ROYAL, S.C. (WANF/Gray News) - An investigation is underway in South Carolina after a recruit died at a Marine Corps training center. According to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, ...