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the dreaded tape test from its fitness assessment in 2020, airmen rejoiced at replacing what many critics viewed as an outdated body standard.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 ...

Airmen and Guardians will no longer have to go through the dreaded abdominal tape test, but will have their waist and height measured to keep tabs on their physical health and physique under a new ...

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 ...

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 ...