If you want to go into the military at 6’1” 210 pounds and 12% body fat. Will you still be able to get accepted into flight school. And you have a bacholors degree
The weight limits are nothing more than a screening tool used to determine who does and does not need to have their body fat percentage calculated.
And from the description you gave – it will be obvious from a single glance that your weight is muscle, not fat.
#1 by m1a1mikegolf on July 30th, 2009
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The weight limits are nothing more than a screening tool used to determine who does and does not need to have their body fat percentage calculated.
And from the description you gave – it will be obvious from a single glance that your weight is muscle, not fat.
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#2 by John on July 30th, 2009
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Your low body fat in relation to your weight/muscle will help you out but you need to understand a couple of things I think. For flying status and flight schools you have to pass a flight physical which is more stringent than just a regular military physical. The rigors of flight and altitude on the body dehydrate a person faster, and cause changes in blood pressure and circulation and some other systems in the body. That is the reason for this so while your weight is a little heavy it really will come down to some other things like blood pressure. I only mention this as your BMI will be alright but you may want to shed a few pounds of muscle and work on your cardio more.
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#3 by stalliondriver2 on July 30th, 2009
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Your weight is fine, especially with only 12% body fat.
Your height should be fine too, but you’ll need to get your anthropometric measurements taken, ie: sitting height, reach, etc to make sure you’ll fit in all aircraft.
At 210, you’ll be a tight squeeze into most single seat fighters/attack, but you’ll work around it (like, twist your torso sideways when you bring the canopy down on a F/A-18).
Talk to an Officer Selection Officer if you’re serious about the flight program. The Marines offer a flight contract, which provided you pass all the physical requirements, will contract you to go to flight school once you pass Officer Candidate School and The Basic School (for Lieutenants).
good luck.
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