Story by Lance Cpl. William Horsley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 09.05.2023
Pfc. Nathaniel Laprade, a Marine with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, stands tall holding the Lead Series guidon unlike any before him. Standing tall at a height of 4 foot 7 inches, that is. Laprade stands as a source of motivation not just for his platoon, but for all of Hotel Company....
Story by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.15.2020
With the same passion and determined spirit that motivated her to join the Marine Corps, Cpl. Veronika R. Gottschalk smiled and began to describe her journey from her early life in Russia to eventually becoming the accomplished Marine she is today....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 04.23.2020
The Marine Corps recently cancelled the semiannual physical fitness test for 2020 in response to the global coronavirus pandemic....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Julianne Sitterding | 163d Attack Wing | 03.02.2020
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIF. — Airmen of the 163d Attack Wing have a culture of physical fitness. Fostering that culture is Senior Airman Alexander O’Reilly, who tests the fitness of more than 900 Airmen per year while spearheading the wing’s fitness assessment program as a member of the 163d Force Support Squadron....
Story by Lance Cpl. Marcos Alvarado | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 09.24.2018
Marine Corps MARADMIN 539/18 announced three major changes to MCO 6100.3A affecting the standard Physical Fitness and Combat Fitness Tests, beginning January 1, 2019 (PFT) and July 1, 2019 (CFT) to increase the Corps’ overall physical fitness and combat effectiveness....
Story by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 09.08.2017
Reconnaissance is one of the United States Marine Corps’ special operations capable forces that provides military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force....
Story by Cpl. Devan Barnett | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 07.28.2017
Maj. Marcy is a 6’3”, 225 pound Marine. During his last Physical Fitness Test he did 29 pull-ups, 125 crunches in two minutes, and ran three miles in 16 minute and 40 seconds. But for Marcy a perfect score on the PFT isn’t an ambition, it’s a baseline....
Story by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 03.14.2017
“America expects its Marine Corps to be the most ready when the Nation is least ready,” said General Robert B. Neller, 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps. “There are significant adjustments to the Physical Fitness Test and Combat Fitness Test scoring tables, requiring most Marines to demonstrate greater performance to meet the new minimum and maximum standards. We will monitor the......
