Army makes program to shape up overweight recruits permanent as it fights ongoing recruiting crisis
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An Army course, designed to help recruits who do not meet the branch's weight or academic standards improve and ship to basic training, will become a permanent program.
"Our insistence on not lowering the standard to enter basic training means that we have to be ready to remove obstacles for those that want to serve," Brig. Gen. Jason Kelly, commander of the Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, told Military.com. "So, this is a program of record. Next month, that will be true. We're moving away from pilot."
The program, which was launched in August 2022, allows recruits who do not meet the Army's weight or academic performance standards to enlist into the course, where they receive up to 90 days to reach compliance with Army standards and ship off to basic training. So far, 10,260 solider have moved on from one of the courses and entered basic training, according to data provided to Military.com, a 95% graduation rate.
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