The Navy has introduced that it’ll conduct just one bodily health take a look at in 2023 as an alternative of the extra typical two, persevering with a pattern that’s in its third yr.
In an administrative message to the fleet launched Nov. 4, the Navy stated the health exams will probably be accomplished “from 1 February to 30 November 2023” however didn’t supply an evidence for why it’s sticking to just one examination.
Historically, the service has carried out two health examination cycles a yr, however in March 2020, it halted the exams fully over the COVID-19 pandemic. The assessments resumed in July 2021 however with just one that yr. The pattern continued into 2022.
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The message additionally famous that the service won’t grant exemptions to sailors who earned scores of “glorious” or higher on the earlier yr’s examination as they’ve accomplished with cycles the place there have been two exams.
Moreover, the Navy will proceed to present postpartum sailors 12 months after start to recuperate whereas they’re exempt from the exams. It expanded the exemption from 9 months in 2021.
Subsequent yr would be the third that the plank train has served as a alternative for the curl up. The Navy made the change in 2021, however scores from that yr didn’t depend towards sailors’ outcomes.
Within the years main as much as and by means of the pandemic, navy knowledge confirmed that the providers struggled with service members being chubby to the purpose of being thought of overweight. Some reporting has recommended that the problem is tied to the operational tempo of their instructions and the way a lot free time sailors have of their day to exercise.
The Marines have tackled this downside by getting extra scientific about how physique fats is measured; they have introduced they may transfer away from the standard “tape take a look at” technique subsequent yr.
— Konstantin Toropin may be reached at konstantin.toropin@navy.com. Comply with him on Twitter @ktoropin.
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