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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an acitve duty Marine and I'll tell you it is a big problem in the military. Our physical fitness requirements are hard physically and demand a high ratio of muscle to fat, but it is practically impossible to have that and weigh within our standards. Most of the Marines I know who are women ride the top of their weight limit and even barely making weight, they look like supermodels compared to the women we see in the civilian world. The Marine Corps has the toughest standards and is least likely to change them, but across the board, services are going to have to look at what they can do to recruit and retain a military that is fit with the Americans we have available. [/quote]

I was in the Army.  The weight standards aren’t that bad, at all. I don’t recall any of my girlfriends needing to be taped ever, 10 yrs ago when weight standards were lower than now, I believe they were in the mid 140s for up to age 29. Now, even for Marines, a woman at 5’5” can weigh up to 156 lbs.  That is pretty generous considering the line abs duty and should be a difficult weight to maintain if you are eating well and exercising.  That is probably the equivalent to a size 10-12. [/quote]

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