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The tape test is dead. Know the number that replaced it before your unit does.
AD 2026-13 just rewrote the Army's body composition program. No more screening tables, no more body-fat tape, no more AFT exemption. One ratio decides it now, and most formations haven't read the directive. This is the whole thing on one printable page.
- The standard itself. Waist divided by height, under 0.55, quoted in the directive's own words.
- Everything that died. The tables, the tape test, the AFT score exemption, monthly ABCP assessments. Each with its paragraph cite.
- Your protections. Same-day re-measure by a different team, the 7-day AFT buffer, the medical screen, the current separation pause.
- How it's measured, from the new DA Form 5500. Waist at the navel, rounded down, three measurements averaged, ratio truncated. The math breaks in your favor if you know it.
- Max waist by height. Your number at a glance, 60 to 78 inches.
One page. Every claim cited to the directive or the form.
Why this sheet and not a screenshot from TikTok?
Because half the takes you've seen this week get the details wrong. The truncation rule. The same-day confirmation team. What actually happens to the AFT exemption. Every line on this sheet is quoted or cited from Army Directive 2026-13 or the July 2026 DA Form 5500, with paragraph numbers, so you can check it against the source in thirty seconds.
And the part nobody can post yet: the Army hasn't published the full measuring guidance. When G-1 does, everyone on this list gets the updated sheet the same week. That's the whole pitch. Accurate now, updated when it changes.
Just want your number? Try the free WHtR calculator with the exact DA 5500 math.