{"id":2662,"date":"2023-04-10T08:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2023-04-10T08:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:58:36","slug":"air-force-increases-body-fat-limits-to-improve-recruitment-media-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2662","title":{"rendered":"Air Force increases body fat limits to improve recruitment: Media Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">The <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/straightarrownews.com\/cc\/air-force-wants-200-next-generation-fighter-jets-and-1000-drones\/\">Air Force<span style=\"background-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0.2); color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-size: revert;\"> is changing its body fat limits for new members as it faces a  recruitment shortfall. The service expects to miss its active-duty  recruiting goal by 10% in 2023, and it hopes that the new policy will  help to increase its pool of eligible candidates.<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: revert;\">Under the new rules, men can have a maximum of 26% body fat, up from  20%, and women can have up to 36%, up from 28%. However, the fitness  standards for all recruits will remain the same.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: revert;\">The Air Force\u2019s decision to increase its body fat limits comes as the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/straightarrownews.com\/cc\/cdc-deadly-candida-auris-fungus-spreading-across-us-health-facilities\/\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">  (CDC) warns that \u201cobesity and physical inactivity are impacting  national security.\u201d According to the agency, only 2 in 5 young adults  are both weight-eligible and adequately active to serve in the military.<\/span> <p>Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, in a <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/physicalactivity\/downloads\/unfit-to-serve-062322-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">statement posted on the CDC\u2019s website<\/a>,  said, \u201cThe military has experienced increasing difficulty in recruiting  soldiers as a result of physical inactivity, obesity, and malnutrition  among our nation\u2019s youth.\u201d<\/p> <span style=\"font-size: revert;\">The <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/straightarrownews.com\/cc\/more-than-10000-army-soldiers-became-obese-during-pandemic\/\">Army<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">  has also struggled with recruitment and has made changes to attract  more candidates. This year, it expanded a pre-basic training course that  enlists people who don\u2019t meet the weight and aptitude standards.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: revert;\">Straight Arrow News aims to identify when stories are being  underreported on either side of the political aisle and media landscape.  This story is a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"c-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/straightarrownews.com\/media-miss\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/straightarrownews.com\/media-miss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Media Miss<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">  for left-leaning outlets, with most sources reporting it being either  left-leaning or center-oriented outlets, according to Ground.News.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original article: <a href=\"https:\/\/straightarrownews.com\/cc\/air-force-increases-body-fat-limits-to-improve-recruitment-media-miss\/\">https:\/\/straightarrownews.com\/cc\/air-force-increases-body-fat-limits-to-improve-recruitment-media-miss\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force is changing its body fat limits for new members as it faces a recruitment shortfall. The service expects to miss its active-duty recruiting goal by 10% in 2023, and it hopes that the new policy will help to increase its pool of eligible candidates. Under the new rules, men can have a maximum of 26% body fat, up from 20%, and women can have up to 36%, up from 28%. However, the fitness standards for all recruits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-threat-to-america"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2663,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions\/2663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}