Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's official -- the Army will now assess body fat using a tape measurement around the waist only. The service announced Monday it ...

The Marine Corps has begun shipping more than 250 new biometric machines around the globe as part of a new policy to measure body composition standards more accurately before labeling a Marine ...

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 ...

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 ...