Posted on Jun 15, 2023
No more neck or hip tape test to measure body fat, Army declares
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Well, this will be interesting. I'd love to see the new waist measurements. I always felt it was a waste of time taping Soldiers for overweight. If the did their job and weren't fall outs in PT, roadmarches or field exercises, I felt they should be good to go.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
I was scoring better than 90 points per APFT event on the 21 year old scale at age 40, still taped every weight in. Never had an issue passing it. I saw that they finally got smart enough (or having a hard time retaining good soldiers enough) that they are now trying an exemption for high scorers. About time. The commanders have only been pushing that since about 1990.
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LTC Trent Klug
CPT Lawrence Cable I always had to tape too and never failed one either. I also took care of soldiers who had a little issue at times.
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I always thought some of this was ridiculous. Some guy that could give Arnold Schwarzenegger a run for a body building crown is “ over weigh”! Really. Then we had medical officers asking dentist to wire thier teeth shut to lose weight.
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Thanks for sharing. I’m on vacation and heard this was coming—good looking out, Dale!
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