Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?

[WhiskeySierra6]

Well, prior to 2016, you had to be within height / weight standards or pass a rope and choke with 22% / 30% bodyfat for men / women. So reasonably, you're pushing it if you have about a 36-38" / 32-34" waist... provided the test was administered properly.

Then we said screw that noise, we'll go to a flat 39" / 35.5" waist.

Then SECDEF said that the Navy is too fat and we need to fix ourselves by going back to the standards of 1992.

So we came up with an over complicated system that allows you to have a waist well in excess of 40" and pass, albeit you will be on mandatory FEP, because the cut line is now 26% bodyfat for men and 36% bodyfat for women.

Why wouldn't you compare the fitness standards now to what they were immediately before they were changed (1 PFA/year and 39/35.5" waist)?

 

[Spekkio]

Why wouldn't you compare the fitness standards now to what they were immediately before they were changed (1 PFA/year and 39/35.5" waist)?

I'm not understanding what part of my post was confusing to you.

 

[WhiskeySierra6]

I'm not understanding what part of my post was confusing to you.

The part I quoted about lowering fitness standards by a large margin. We increased the number of times per year we take the PRT, the BCA is a push, you can now be separated again for PFA failures whereas before you would only not advance.

 

[Spekkio]

The part I quoted about lowering fitness standards by a large margin. We increased the number of times per year we take the PRT, the BCA is a push, you can now be separated again for PFA failures whereas before you would only not advance.

The BCA is not a push. The max waist size was raised from 39 / 35.5" to 44-46", because the max bodyfat allowed was raised from 24 / 32% to 26 / 36%.

Doing the PRT more frequently isn't an increase in standards. The scores to pass remain the same.