Overview
- Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, Marines in combat arms MOSs must score at least 210 on the PFT using the male, age-normed scale.
- Marines in non-combat specialties will continue to take the PFT under existing sex- and age-normed standards.
- Marines in combat arms who do not reach 210 by the end of the reporting period will enter remedial training and may face PMOS reclassification or promotion restrictions.
- The Corps will replace height/weight and tape measurements with a waist-to-height ratio for body composition once higher-level guidance arrives, with current methods and bioelectrical impedance used in the interim.
- Manpower Information Systems updates will roll out over six to eight months with full implementation expected within a year, and units must follow interim administrative guidance until then.