62-Year-Old Retired Marine Breaks Guinness World Record for Planking George Hood held the abdominal pose for a total 8 hours 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
Marines’ Obsession with Pull-Ups May Be Hurting the Corps, Study Finds Participants in a study on Marine Corps culture were often focused on pull-ups as a best measure of a person's value and...
Marines Will Be Allowed to Choose Between Planks, Crunches on PFT Marines will have the option of performing a plank in lieu of crunches when completing the physical fitness test.
Athletic Trainers Will Head Out to Marine Units After Years-Long Delay Dozens of athletic trainers hit the fleet in the next few years, giving leathernecks access to unit-level sports medicine.
Marine Corps Quietly Drops Major Obstacle to Female Infantry Officers Of more than 30 female officers who have attempted IOC, most have dropped out during the combat endurance test.
In Wake of Water Deaths, Corps May Add Swim Skills to Cutting Score Marines can fight from the air, the land, and the sea. But can they swim? The commandant isn't so sure.
LOG PT for Spec Ops Training Log PT is painful. So are the boat carries. These events will beat you down and get you boarded out of BUDS if you are not...
Zero to Twenty-Plus: Marine Develops Program to Improve Pull-Ups Major Misty Posey developed a pull-up training program to help all Marines improve their pull-ups no matter their starting...
Max Fitness Test, Skip the Tape: Marine Corps Mulls New Body Fat Rules A new fitness plan is proposing changes in the way the Marine Corps measures body fat.
Marine Corps Marathon Founder Honored with Building Dedication Family and friends of retired Col. James Loftus Fowler gathered for the dedication of the Marine Corps Marathon building to...
Trump Says Space Command Is Moving to Alabama, Reversing a Biden-Era Decision While the move had been anticipated, it’s not clear why the expected announcement took so long to make. White House officials...
Pentagon to Begin Screening for 'Magic Mushroom' Use The Defense Department announced that service members suspected of using the hallucinogenic fungi will now be tested, while...
Trump Says US Military Destroyed Drug Boat from Venezuela: ‘A Lot of Drugs on That Boat’ Trump credited the military operation to the leadership of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom he praised for...
What to Know About Russia's GPS Jamming Operation in Europe This year, Nordic and Baltic nations — including Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — have repeatedly warned about...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...