Army Is Breaking its Own Body Fat Standards to Meet Recruiting Numbers, Watchdog Says

Soldiers in the Army's Future Soldier Prepatory Course's fitness track conduct afternoon physical fitness training with light kettlebells.

The Army has been recruiting applicants who far exceed its body fat standards and not providing them the necessary medical services as they try to shed the weight and come into compliance, according to a new Defense Department inspector general report. The Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course was designed to expand enlistment eligibility for those […]