Watch this US Marine attempt the new Army Combat Fitness Test. The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) is an update for the old Army fitness test which has been conducted since 1980.

62-year-old George Hood, who served as an officer in the Marine Corps, set the record for “longest time in an abdominal plank position (male)” with a time of 8 hours, 15 minutes, 15 seconds.

The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it could both swim rapidly and move along rough ... More Acidic Oceans May Affect the Sex of ...

In December 2015, the Obama administration decided to allow women to serve in all combat roles. "There will be no exceptions," Ashton Carter, then the secretary of defense, announced. Women would be ...

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese officials… ...

Corey Bailey graduated from basic training at Marine Corps ... 350 on the Marksmanship Test. Bailey, a 2024 graduate of Geneva High School, was awarded the Physical Fitness Award for earning ...

SS Wright (T-AVB-3), one of two Marine aviation logistics support ships. With the impending retirement of the aging Wright-class, the Marine Corps wants a new class of aviation logistics support ...

Aspiring cops looking to join the nation’s largest municipal police force first have to conquer the “Job Standard Test,” a grueling ... dramatically relaxed its fitness requirements in ...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith has some bad news for any Marines who want to grow beards. When asked on Wednesday if he could foresee any circumstances in the coming years under which ...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith cautioned on Wednesday that ongoing efforts to relocate Marines from Okinawa to Guam will move those forces away from where they are most needed. “Frankly ...

This phenomenon, known as ocean deoxygenation, has emerged as a fundamental pathway for climate change to alter marine ecosystems. An important concern is how this global oxygen decline will ...