Height-weight chart, CFL classification & more | Navy looks at PT changes for 2015

From Navy Times staff writer Meghann Myers:

Last summer, a wish list of nine changes to toughen the Navy's fitness program went viral throughout the fleet, with suggestions for random body composition testing, the end of "bad day" re-tests and others.

The list prompted feedback, from vehement support to demands that the Navy change the way it measures fitness.

In 2015, the service is taking a closer look at some of those sailor requests, including formalizing a command fitness leader classification, updating the height-and-weight chart, and rewarding sailors who max their test.

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