{"id":64712,"date":"2016-03-06T12:36:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T17:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64712"},"modified":"2016-03-06T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T17:36:16","slug":"fat-floats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64712","title":{"rendered":"Fat floats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Navy Secretary, Ray Mabus, is thankfully leaving that post, but as he leaves, he’s going to leave his footprint on the Navy. His latest decision is to relax body fat standards in the Navy, according to ABC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said the service is not lowering standards but rather adjusting to reality: People today, in general, are bigger but not necessarily fat. The Navy is also considering larger uniforms sizes for the first time in two decades.<\/p>\n

“It’s far more realistic,” Mabus said of the new body fat standard. “We were kicking more people out of the Navy for failing that, than for drugs.”<\/p>\n

The number of sailors booted from the Navy annually because they did not meet physical standards has more than doubled from 694 in 2011 to 1,536 in 2014.<\/p>\n

The changes come amid debate over whether the physical requirements demanded of service members across the board are still relevant or should be adjusted according to the job so the armed forces can maintain the pool of talent it needs for today’s high-tech warfare.<\/p>\n

There’s been talk in the Army of easing up on strict body fat requirements for its cyber-warriors, for example.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, there’s a way to measure body fat – it’s called the hydrostatic body fat test – based on the simple fact that fat floats and muscle doesn’t. So the more water that gets displaced when a person is immersed in a tank, the less fat they have under their skin because they sink further into the tank. But I guess that’s too much science for the Navy Secretary – it’s just easier to relax the standards. And make larger uniforms. Of course, maybe he’s thinking ahead. With maintenance dollars becoming more scarce, ships will fail to float, so sailors will be able to float when their boat sinks. You know what else floats?<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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