DOD INSTRUCTION 1308.03
D
OD PHYSICAL FITNESS/BODY COMPOSITION PROGRAM
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Effective: March 10, 2022
Change 1 Effective: June 25, 2025
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 1308.3, “DoD Physical Fitness and Body Fat Programs
Procedures,” November 5, 2002
Incorporates and Cancels: DoD Directive 1308.1, “DoD Physical Fitness and Body Fat Program,”
June 30, 2004
DoD Directive 1308.2, “Joint DoD Committee on Fitness,” February 4,
2005
Approved by: Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness
Change 1 Approved by: Jules W. Hurst III, Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02, this issuance:
• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures governing Service physical
fitness/body composition (PF/BC) standards for the Military Services.
• Includes the submission of an Annual Military Service PF/BC Program report to the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)), Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and
Reserve Affairs (ASD(M&RA)), and the Medical and Personnel Executive Steering Committee
(MEDPERS).
