Should Height/Weight be Disregarded if the PT Score is High Enough?

Very much agreed. There are some folks due to genetics and their build may weigh more than what the chart shows for their height, but they are in great shape.

I had a buddy that was a fire plug. He was strong as any man in the company but quite short. He had great PT scores but he really did stand out when in formation. It always looked like we were missing a person.

LTC Mark Wilson - We had a West Point Lineman that could not pass the stupid weight/height and he was 6'5" He and I got along great, we being bigger than most also could work harder and longer than the skinny guys.. We did this often. plus when it came to torque on the end connectors he and I were the only ones in the plt. that could get the correct torque applied.

As a Platoon Sergeant for 9 years and Course Mgr at a school house for 6 more I attest the Military has lost many valuable assets due to the "standards". When in Iraq, the best weapon I had which saved my life more than once was my battle buddy who went 260+ and never needed a battering ram to open a locked door. Could probably score a 290 on the apft with that ram on his back also.

SGM Erik Marquez - It's my understanding that body fat is the deciding factor since 2013 and not weight. So the commander can now go beyond the tape test if he has some 5'8" guy with a 21" neck? That's an actual example back from my enlisted days. We had a platoon member that had the above specifications and went at least 240 and struggled to pass the PT test, but he was one of those guys that his head kind of set right on his shoulders and anyway they taped it came up with a big number, 21 or so the average. So he was 5'8" with a 40" waistline and still made the percentage by the tape test.

CPT Lawrence Cable - Sir since my first day in, 1985, best I can remember its always been "Table Screen Weight" as a check, not a final factor.
Body fat was the deciding factor for as long as I was involved in that part of a Soldiers life, say 1988 or so when I became an NCO
Table screening weight was just one possible trigger to require BF testing. Another is an observed over weight appearance, and the CDR can require BF testing.

The test is to easy

Compnay Commander at FtRiley refused to allow me the float test. even with a 284 pt test score, the jerk said fat boy program. I know he could not pass it either but somehow he did. His pt scores were just passing too.

IMHO, there needs to be a more consistent and reliable system for tracking BFC (Body Fat Composition) than the currently utilized Tape test. Whether its Water Immersion or Electric Resistance, there needs to be something that will not penalize a Soldier just because they happen to have a thin neck.

I knew an Army SSG who looked like a fashion model get put on remedial because they said she was "too fat". She went full Christian Bale and lived on Diet Coke & fruit for awhile.

I can tell you my tape test is consistently +3/4% than the electrical resistance test I utilize at my gym. The tape test is quite possibly the most unscientific method for body composition. Rention is huge in the Reserves and we shoot ourselves daily managing this archaic program.

LTC J. Lee Mudd the test is to easy