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 ...

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 ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Marines training on Fort Leonard Wood to be correctional specialists were given the opportunity to share the Marine Combat Fitness Test with their Soldier classmates, ...

Lance Cpl. Oscar O. Tapia conducts the pull-up portion of a physical fitness test on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. (Lance Cpl. Jodson B. Graves/Marine Corps) Two years after ...

For his latest challenge, he took on the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT) . "We start with pullups, and then we do crunches, and then we're going to run 3 miles, and I think that is going to ...

LEXINGTON, Va. – A Rockbridge County cancer survivor is hoping his mind-over-matter fitness journey inspires others to set and reach goals in life. John Harb, 71, retired from his career as an ...