What happens if your overweight at MEPS?

If you exceed the weight standards, you’ll undergo a body-fat-measurement. If you exceed the body-fat requirements of the specific serving that you’re joining, your processing stops, and you’ll be returned home. If you are over the body-fat standards when you report to MEPS, you’re not shipping out to basic training.

What happens if you fail weight at MEPS?

MEPS checks your weight to determine whether you meet the requirements for basic training and enlistment in the Army. If you don’t pass the requirements at your MEPS weigh-in, you won’t be able to enlist or go to basic training.

Can you get disqualified at MEPS for weight?

Applicants outside of the weight standards will be advised that they must bring their weight to the acceptable standard and return to the MEPS for reevaluation. A disqualified applicant may return for recheck after losing sufficient weight to meet either the screening table weight or the body fat percentage.

What do you do at MEPS before you ship out?

The day before your recruit is due to ship out s/he will report to his/her recruiter’s office, for yet another drug test, weigh-in, and another round of paperwork. Then the recruiter will drive him/her to a hotel near MEPS, where recruits get a meal ticket and a room.

What is the weight limit for MEPS?

For instance, a recruit who is between 17 and 20 years, with a height of 60 inches, should not exceed 120lbs. for females and 139lbs for males. However, if you are in the military, your maximum weight limit is 116lbs for females and 132lbs for males.

How does MEPS tape?

The test must be administered by two trained individuals who know the proper points of measurement on the hips, abdomen, and neck, as well as the right way to tension the tape measure. Men are measured at the neck and waist, women at the neck, waist, and hips.

Where do they tape you at MEPS?

The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps use a basic height-weight body mass index tool as an initial assessment, and then those who exceed weight limits get taped. Men are measured at the neck and waist, women at the neck, waist, and hips.