Beamer wrote on Sep 6, 2024, 14:09:

Prez wrote on Sep 6, 2024, 11:41:
To the physical condition question: my physical readiness requirements were to be able to run 1.5 miles in 13 minutes, have a body mass index less than 15% or pass a "rope and choke" (circumference of the neck subtracted from the circumference of the waist and some multiple was applied). To get out of basic I think it was 50 situps and 50 pushups, but that was a long time ago. Once you are in you are intermittently subjected to a BMI check and have to pass a physical readiness test administered by your command (Run or swim). Failure of any tests puts you in a program that requires you to do extra physical training to get back within limits.

It was basically an open secret when I was in that a lot of people were getting in good with the corpsman or whomever was checking sailors in your command to have the results fudged in your favor so you didn't have to do the extra physical training. That applied mostly only to officers and chiefs though. Some commands were stricter than others. I failed once and had to do it.

Do you mean BMI of 25%? Because 15% is 100lbs for a 5'9 person.