Marine Corps Total Fitness
Marine Corps Total Fitness (MCTF) delivers Warrior Readiness and Resilience through an integrated system that invests in prevention and skill-building efforts to optimize warfighter performance, readiness, lethality, and resilience. Total Fitness optimizes Service-wide force longevity and performance through holistic human performance programs designed to strengthen the Force and Family.
Benefits of
Total Fitness
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MCTF enables Marines, units, and families to strengthen core performance in any environment and recognize what supports—and hinders—their overall wellness and ability to perform.
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MCTF defines what it means to be healthy and can help strengthen the whole Marine and the Marine’s family, a benefit throughout the career continuum.
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MCTF invests in strengthening prevention. Its domains are interconnected and mutually supporting, equipping commanders with a seamless system to boost readiness.
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Fitness of mind promotes self-confidence and adaptability. Fitness of spirit provides a sense of purpose and endurance. Social fitness creates positive interactions and a sense of connectedness with others. Fitness of body allows Marines to focus on the mission, assist others in need, and display healthy mental toughness when circumstances get rough.
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Department of Defense Instruction 1010.10 also keeps nutritional fitness, financial fitness, medical (and dental) preventive care, and environmental fitness on the radar, along with the critical factor of sleep.
