Army Study to Look at Effectiveness of the Tape Test
The days of the dreaded tape test might be numbered:
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The Army will formally study the body compositions of more than 2,000 soldiers beginning in October, and the service plans to use the data it gathers to determine the future of its body composition program, physical fitness manuals and the much-maligned “tape test.”
The Army’s Center for Initial Military Training will lead the study in conjunction with the Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, according to an Army Headquarters execute order obtained by Army Times.
The study will take place at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the order says.
The study’s goal is to provide senior leaders with “information with regards to…taping of soldiers, body fat, and body changes, and considerations of the relationship between body fat and fitness levels,” the order reads.
The study will also evaluate alternative methods of calculating body fat.
Army Times
You can read more at the link, but I have always believed that if a Soldier can reach an agreed upon high fitness score on the fitness test that they should not need to be tape tested. Hopefully something like this is considered in this study.
Ahhh.. you put the tape over the stock of the rifle… man I was doing it wrong all that time 🙁
Never got what the point of the tape was, you pass the test or not. If the purpose was to ensure that in addition you also looked fit well that sure failed miserably.
You can just google “us army fat guy iraq” for that infamous DFAC photo that marine took. 😮
I have a feeling that if the Army every adopted a more technologically advanced means of measuring body fat that it would quickly realize that Soldiers are much fatter than they thought they were.
The tape test and BMI are useless waste of time. My first duty station we had 2 bodybuilders in our unit. The mixed the PT test and would hold the doors leading into the room where the scale sat. They were always “overweight” yet both had a very low body fat. A friend is a career firefighter and a few years ago his entire was rated overweight according to BMI. These men and woman are extremely fit, with a pretty intense workout on each shift, in addition to their personal workouts. The only improvement I could recommend is ditch it altogether and use your test as your measurement , you pass no problem.
The Army seems to be using the Qin Shi Huang version of the tape test to ensure the general is well-protected in the afterlife.
You really dug for that one.
Shouldn’t that soldier they’re taping have a mask, too? He looks a bit green…
Ah, this pic
https://me.me/i/theres-strong-and-then-theres-army-strong-results-are-in-0d6cc3a8c21541ed88633867ac34881e
this one is also a winner
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=394048
Expression on the green guy’s face makes it look like he is being touched inappropriately
Hmm.. is that a female on the left?
Has to be with that bullshit hairstyle they’re rocking. So glad I’m out.
Smokes, whatcha looking at some dude’s tits for, you fag?
Admittedly good catch there.
But you are still a fag.
Am I just old school or do trashy tattoos make people look trashy?
Sorry I had to look there, I’m not quite the master of eyeballin skirt sausage that you are.
Speaking of which.. ever since they pretty much shut down Yongsan Garrison where’ve you been going to get your trap treats? Itaewon can’t still be the den of debauchery it once was…
this one is also a winner
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=394048
That’s gotta be a Guard guy.
Gobbermint covid policies have probably killed Itaewon by now.
I wonder if there is a good business model in starting an online tranny/crossdresser dating app.
Tendr, Grindr…
…Trapr?
I will call you when beta testing is about to start.
It will give you time to buy new dresses!