Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is planning to stick to how it currently measures body fat for soldiers after a massive research effort across the force ...

The tape measure held up impressively after our drop test—it had no scratches or damage after being dropped three times from a 12-foot ladder. However, testers said the body of the tape measure was ...

Despite the impressive range of this Leica laser, it still delivers measurements with 1/16th of an inch accuracy and up to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soldiers who hit the weights a little too hard, or maybe over-indulged during the holidays leading to a bit of weight gain, can find themselves failing the U.S. Army’s height and weight standards.

A soldier receives a 3-D body scan at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Oct. 18, 2021. The scan/study is part of a comprehensive body composition study examining the association between body composition and Soldier ...

The Army is wrapping up research on how best to measure a soldier's body fat -- but the service's controversial tape test might not be dead yet. The Army is in the midst of totally revamping health ...

When the Air Force decided to drop the dreaded tape test from its fitness assessment in 2020, airmen rejoiced at replacing what many critics viewed as an outdated body standard. And while a ...

Some of my earliest memories are of me “helping” my dad and my grandfather build an addition onto my grandparents’ home. There are pictures of me swinging a hammer while I was still in diapers. One of ...