Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Samuel Hill weighs Intelligence Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Perrin during body composition assessments aboard the carrier Abraham Lincoln. (MCS Joey Sitter/Navy) Later ...

Troops must have a waist measurement close to or less than half their height or risk being placed in their service's remedial programs.

March 12 (UPI) --The U.S. Army will continue to use the antiquated "tape test" to measure soldiers' body composition in spite of a study that shows the test to be flawed. The army has researched ...

(WJAR) — An expert witness testified Thursday a person does not need to be naked for body composition testing. Dr. Laurie Milliken, an associate professor at University of Massachusetts Boston and CEO ...

The Army will now determine the body fat of soldiers using a simplified tape test at the navel that is proven to have more consistent and accurate measurements, according to a new directive. The new ...

Army Sgt. Jared Simmons, a public affairs mass communications non-commissioned officer, with the 19th Public Affairs Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, Division Artillery, 1st ...