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Marines

USMC Human Performance Branch

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Quantico, Virginia
Conducts service-level coordination of human performance and resiliency policies and programs in order to enable the achievement of the TECOM mission to train and educate the force.

Announcement

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Training Command is hosting the 2026 Fittest Instructor Competition May 18th-29th. Visit the Training Command SharePoint website and watch the Fittest Instructor Hype Video for more information.

mission

The Human Performance Office conducts service-level coordination of human performance and resiliency policies and programs in order to enable the achievement of the TECOM mission to train and educate the force.

Functions

Conduct human performance policy development and implementation.
Conduct and facilitate human performance research.
Explore and implement emerging human performance technology.
Conduct and facilitate Marine Corps Physical Fitness Program evaluation and assessment.
Explore, coordinate, implement, and oversee Marine Corps resiliency initiatives.   

Semi Annual Human Performance Newsletter below!

2026 SPRING NEWSLETTER

For information about revisions to the Marine Corps body composition standards, click here.

Human Performance Spotlight

  • Readiness Through Fitness

    Feb 06 2026
    Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
    Marines participate in fitness and martial arts training in support of overall force readiness at Marine Corps base Quantico, Virginia, Dec. 17, 2025.

  • Body Composition Standards

    Body Composition Standards
    The Marine Corps is replacing the current semiannual height and weight screening with a waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) methodology as the initial step in its body composition evaluation process, in accordance with recent guidance from the Secretary of War.

  • Marine Corps Water Survival Program

    Jun 30 2025
    MCRD Paris Island
    The Marine Corps Water Survival Program (MCWSP) Guidance: MARADMIN 084/26 Implementation Guidance for MCO 1600.52E Marine Corps Water Survival Program and Cancellation of MCO 1500.52.D

  • Physical Fitness

    Jun 30 2025
    Human Performance Center Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, observe Gunnery Sgt. Jesse Philippi, staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the 2nd MLG Human Performance Center (HPC), while he demonstrates how to properly deadlift before conducting a physical assessment during 2nd MLG’s HPC 12-week training program on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 6, 2024. CLB-22 participated in the assessment to track progress and achieve an overall improvement in their Marines with programs focused on a Marine’s or Sailors’ physical, mental, social and spiritual health. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Salazar)

  • Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention

    Jun 30 2025
    Fort Walker, VA
    The mission of the Sports Medicine Injury Prevention (SMIP) Program is to reduce attrition and lost work-days associated with musculoskeletal injuries (MSKI) in order to increase operational readiness of individual Marines and their units. This mission will be accomplished through the utilization of athletic trainers (AT). The ATs offer Marines, organizational Force Fitness Instructors, Navy. providers, and unit commanders the tools to assist in preventing or mitigating injuries in order to reduce the need for advanced medical intervention, light/limited duty status and lost work-days.