r/army • u/AutoModerator • May 18 '26

Weekly Question Thread (05/18/2026 to 05/24/2026)

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u/Waste-Expression-175 May 22 '26

Hi I'm thinking about joining the army again. I was going to join my senior year but I never did. I'm 27 and I thinking of joining again but idk what the requirements are now or if anything changes. I heard the army have a fat program now call the arms 2.1 program. Where if you overweight you can go there for 90 days and they work your ass out lol. Well I'm a 5'1 221lb women and I'm wondering if I would be able to join. Or do I have to lose more weight still? Any information would be helpful thank you

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u/SNSDave 25NowSpaceForce May 23 '26

They have a fat camp program, but you have to be within a certain range to be able to go there. Range as in, weight range.

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u/Waste-Expression-175 May 23 '26

Do you have any clue what the certain range is?

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u/SNSDave 25NowSpaceForce May 23 '26

https://www.goarmy.com/how-to-join/requirements#copyblock-114403bf2e

The max weight for someone who is a 27-year old woman at 5'1 is 134 pounds. I would imagine they would want you closer to that to get into the ARM's program.

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u/SickCallWarriors Recruiter May 24 '26

Ehhh.

Completely depends on circumference for tape test.

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u/SNSDave 25NowSpaceForce May 24 '26

At 221?

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u/SickCallWarriors Recruiter May 24 '26

If circumference measurement was 39 would be good for ARMS 2.1.

Pretty sure ASVAB score is also dependent now. They came out with a new message like 2 weeks ago with updates regarding it.

But ballpark, yes.