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Have Pentagon to review and revise the Army Height and Weight calculation process.

Created by M.O. on March 05, 2013

Right now the way that a soldier's height/weight readiness is determined by body fat measurements. However, those measurements are structured from one body type. If you do not meet that standard you considered over weight. There are variety of soldiers with a mass variety of body shapes. If a soldier passes the physical fitness test, why should a soldier have to be weighed and measured. If the height and weight must continue, make if more fair to the different body types. This can be done through the water body fat measurement system. There has not been many soldiers that fit a typical body(in miitary standards) in over twenty years. But the way the Army evaluate body fat have not changed in the same amount of time.

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