One more confidence builder (not) in our armed forces.
Perhaps it’s just the media doing what it does, but I don’t get the impression we’re at our highest levels of preparedness right now.
Would love to have someone destroy that perception.
We’re still better off than we were in 1939.
Body fat can be one and I know a lot of folks with a couple extra percentage points that are vigorously healthy. Also knew a muscle-bound, 5% body fat guy who was almost kicked out for being "obese> Some of the aerobic tests have become so "set-in-stone-scientific" that they can ignore actual abilities - I was running ten 7-minute miles a couple times a week and almost failed the AF bicycle test.....my system spools up quick and then settles to a good rate - early heart rate was "too high" and the settled-in working heart rate was "too low" for the idiot machines/standards because they weren't allowed to give me a full load due to my age and I was as fit as very fit folks 10-15 years my junior....
Also depends on the actual job as to whether it can be done to excellence w/o being a jock....
Wouldn't get too concerned about this one at this time.