2520, year

In 2520 the Assembly Military Council made the recomendation to the various branches of the United Stars Military that they formally discontinue "different" physical standards and all the services use the same one, with the United Stars Navy being responsible for it's upkeep.

After hearing convincing arguments on why the Union Marines shouldn't relax their standards to meet the less rigid ones used by the Navy and other branches and why all branches shouldn't apply the more rigid ones used by the Marine Corps it was decided to keep both:
 * Marine BaPhy - to be maintained by the United Stars Marine Corps.
 * Union Fleet Service Capable Species - to be maintained by Union Navy and used by all other branches of the armed forces.