Approximately 6 months ago that Marine Corps tightened that standards on weight standards. Yesterday the MAR ADMIN 145/09 was released clarifying the process for assigning a Marine to the weight control system.

Back in October when the new plan was put into place Marines were given a 60 day notification that they were not within standards.  If still out of regulations after that 60 days they were assigned to a 60 day cautionary period.  If still fat after that 60 days they were officially put on weight control and carreers were damaged.

The new MARADMIN ends those two 60 day periods and now states that if a Marine is outside of the standards they will be placed on the program.  Placement on the weight control makes a Marine ineligible for promotion, reenlistment, or assignment for special duty assignments.

The reason for having the two 60 day periods before was because they standards were more strict than the standards they replaced.

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