3 thoughts on ““Corps Will Stop Punishing Marines Based on Tape Test, Start Using Modern Scanners to Measure Body Fat” –Military.Com”

  1. I’m guessing their going to use DEXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absortiometry) on them, instead of them simply trying to suck in their stomach to try to cheat a physical…

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    • Cheating a poorly designed game. This goes back to square peg round hole. Being modern is looking modern and that will help recruit talent.

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  2. Air Force recently dropped waist measurements as part of the PFT (I was Air Guard for 6 years post-CG). If you had over a 39″ waist you automatically failed your PFT, no cares about any other part of the test, even if you could max sit-ups/pushups/run. That part of the test was definitely written by a 5’5″ pilot or someone with no concept that body shape does not equal fitness level. At least the CG was wrist measurement for frame size, and a bit more room on the max allowable weight.

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