ArticleBMJ nutrition, prevention & health2023
Physical performance and body composition reference values for modern US Marine Corps women.
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- Phase angle identifies a muscle quality phenotype associated with physical performance in U.S. marines.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- The Use of Force Plate Technology to Measure Force Production Characteristics in Military Personnel: A Scoping Review of Methodological Reporting Practices.Sports medicine - open · 2025Review
- The 300 Marines: characterizing the US Marines with perfect scores on their physical and combat fitness tests.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Women's roles in the US military have progressively changed over the past several decades. Previously women were barred from combat roles. Recent change in policy allow women into combat roles in the Marine Corps, and this has led to women being trained for combat specialties. Objectives: This observational cross-sectional study describes body composition and performance values for modern Marine Corps women. Methods: Volunteers were 736 Marine women who were assessed for body composition and physical performance; (age 29.5±7.3 (18-56) years; height 163.6±6.8 (131.0-186.1) cm; body mass 68.3±9.2 (42.0-105.3) kg; years in the military 8.9±6.8 (0.5-37) years-in-service). Body composition measures were obtained using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and single-frequency bioelectrical impedance analyses. Performance measures were obtained from official physical and combat fitness test scores (PFT; CFT) as well as from data on measured countermovement jumps (CMJ) on a calibrated force platform. Results: Mean body composition metrics for Marine women were: 47.5±5.7 fat free mass (FFM) (kg), 30.1%±6.4% body fat (%BF), 2.6±0.3 bone mineral content (kg), and 25.5±2.8 body mass index (kg/m Conclusion: Modern Marine women are both lean and physically high performing. Body composition is a poor predictor of general physical performance.
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