Having the work capacity for long days of activities requires cardio conditioning and muscle stamina that lends to a leaner body type. The average-sized person is both the person most likely to graduate and the person most likely not to get dropped. Do not get too tied up into your height and weight, because it is just one factor of a person's chances of success or failure.
The following charts are the Navy height and weight standards as well as my recommendations from years of observations. As with any data, however, there will be outliers on both ends of the spectrum as well as a plus and minus 10 pounds per inch range.
You will notice that the maximum height and weight for the regular Navy is not a bad zone to be in when your future is a highly advanced tactical fitness selection. Being good at all the elements of fitness is a requirement when many tasks are long miles of running, swimming, rucking and many repetitions of calisthenics, and heavy lifts and carrying activities of boats and logs.
Being cold and wet also typically requires some extra body weight so you do not become hypothermic too easily. Yet the high mileage and challenging long hours of work requires a cardiovascular conditioning that typically will create a leaner body type.
And there are also outliers who are freaks of nature who are pounds and still can crush the physical screening test PST , run minutes for four miles and do 30 pull-ups. Yet others are very light at pounds or less and crush the runs, PTs, obstacle course and made it through training without getting crushed by logs and boats.
The average heavier guy plus will have a difficult time with pull-ups, running and obstacle courses. The lighter guy under lbs. Special Forces Soldiers receive many additional benefits for their enhanced capabilities, special skills and advanced training.
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You can be retested upon request or at the end of the remedial training, which often is in six-week increments. If you still don't meet the Army's weight requirements, you can be removed from your Ranger unit, denied promotions or discharged from the Army. Based outside Atlanta, Ga. Beginning her career at newspapers such as the "Marietta Daily Journal" and the "Atlanta Business Chronicle," she most recently worked in communications and management for several nonprofit organizations before purchasing a flower shop in By Shala Munroe Updated July 01, Army Rangers Vs.
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