• SlurryBravo
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    2 months ago

    Why would a height requirement need to be checked twice a year?

    • Gork@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      Doesn’t make sense. Shorter soldiers have smaller hitboxes.

      Source: N64 Goldeneye Oddjob

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        2 months ago

        Not just Hegseth. The US military has always used BMI as part of fitness standards.

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          I remember having BMI tests before training and once in boot camp, but not after I got to my first duty station. I was quite underweight when I was serving, but that was so long ago that I assumed they’d moved on to a better standard by now lol

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        When I was in the Army they used BMI, and if you failed BMI you had to get a pinch test to measure body fat. I had to do it because I was 6’4" (193cm) and 225lbs (102kgs) which is overweight by BMI standards.