It's official -- the Army will now assess body fat using a tape measurement around the waist only. The service announced Monday it has simplified one of the key ways it judges soldier physical fitness ...

According to a cardiologist, a simple measurement with a measuring tape can indicate whether there is reason to have your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army will ignore a soldier's weight, a sharp swerve from the decades of history where troops were evaluated based on the ...

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 ...

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Troops who score high on the Army’s fitness test could soon be exempt from the tape measure test for height and weight balance, the service’s top enlisted soldier said this week. Sgt. Maj. of the Army ...