SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy is giving another chance to thousands of sailors who otherwise would be kicked out for repeatedly failing their physical fitness tests because they exceeded body fat limits.
The service branch loosened its body fat restrictions in January and is allowing those who failed their exams three or more times to get one more opportunity to be tested this spring under the more lenient guidelines. The Navy said it has been losing too many talented sailors. Some were resorting to liposuction, diet pills and other measures to save their careers.
The Navy allowed about 2,400 sailors who passed a preliminary test under the new rules to stay in, reducing the number of failures on their records from three to one, said Navy spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen. In the past, three failures were grounds for being kicked out. The sailors will be measured again this spring and allowed only two failures now instead of three.
The changes are the latest by the military looking to improve its abilities to recruit and retain talented people as it builds up its cyber-warfare strategy and faces competition from a rebounding economy.
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The Army has made their standards more lenient too....
ReplyDeleteAre they all trying to cater to women so they can have a "diversified combat force"?
After each operation, we would gather around and review what worked and what got in the way. If they continue to review performance this way, they'll see that diversification of this nature is detrimental to performance efficiencies.
The true question will then be: Will they be allowed to make changes to regain their effectiveness?!
I doubt it - the liberals want everybody to be equal...while mother nature grows everybody different...even identical twins diverge after birth!