By David Vergun

Physical fitness and combat training standards will be raised, said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who spoke Tuesday to an audience of hundreds of generals, admirals and senior enlisted personnel at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.

Those same standards will apply to both genders, he said, be it for the combat fitness test or weapons qualification.

Every active component service member will be required to exercise vigorously every duty day and take two physical fitness tests annually, he said.

In a memorandum Hegseth signed today, “Military Fitness Standards,” he wrote that National Guard and reserve component service members will take personal responsibility to maintain an appropriate physical fitness regimen, regardless of duty status, and complete one fitness tes

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