So many sailors are getting kicked out of the Navy for failing to pass fitness tests that the service has decided to expand allowable body fat rules to accommodate the obese.
The Navy officially changed body fat regulations in January and is now extending a hand to sailors who have flunked fitness tests three or more times, despite frequent use of diet pills and liposuction, The Associated Press reports.These obese sailors, whom the Navy refers to as “talented,” will get one final chance to succeed.
A total of 2,400 sailors will have their failure rate marked down to just one failure.
New regulations allow as many as two failed attempts.
...Upward movement in the percentage of allowable body fat shows that the Navy is willing to allow obese sailors, both male and female, to remain in the service, based on ACE’s definition.
...Still, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has refused to refer to the shift as a downgrading in standards, instead preferring to call it an adjustment to reality.
...Other services in the military are having similar conversations about physical standards.
The Army is considering lowering standards, so that it doesn’t lose its crucial cyber-warriors..."
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