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anthony_bell2006
September 27th, 2006, 06:45 AM
My name is anthony bell, I really want to join national guards but i dont have a G.E.D. and i weigh 295lbs but i did weigh 310lbs. I know there is a weight limit but i am tryin hard to loose weight so i can join. I wanted to know if i might beable to join, and i was wanderin if the national guards would help me get my G.E.D.?
VTguard
September 29th, 2006, 10:26 AM
The National Guard can help you get your GED, but only if you lose the weight first. You need to be a certain weight (depending on your height) and pass the ASVAB before you can enroll in the GED Plus program. Tell me your height, and I'll tell you the maximun weight you can be.
pete1980
October 6th, 2006, 09:46 PM
The National Guard can help you get your GED, but only if you lose the weight first. You need to be a certain weight (depending on your height) and pass the ASVAB before you can enroll in the GED Plus program. Tell me your height, and I'll tell you the maximun weight you can be.
I'm 5'11. What am I required to weigh?
mikeellison
October 10th, 2006, 11:35 AM
you have to be under 200 pounds
http://www.1800goguard.com/training/training_standards.php#
TonyJones
October 18th, 2006, 08:44 AM
My name is anthony bell, I really want to join national guards but i dont have a G.E.D. and i weigh 295lbs but i did weigh 310lbs. I know there is a weight limit but i am tryin hard to loose weight so i can join. I wanted to know if i might beable to join, and i was wanderin if the national guards would help me get my G.E.D.?
I just went to MEPS last week. I am 5'6 and weigh 225. I am not suppost to be more then 174. So I then had to do the body fat test. The max body fat is 26%. They concluded I was 27%. There is a exercise called the "Arms test" that allows you up to 30% body fat. So if you are in the range of 26-30% body fat, if you pass the Arms test, your in.
The arms test is a physical exercise that consits of 5 min of stepping up and down an 18in step to a beat that the reqruiters plays on a cd player, followed by 24 push ups.
Im not gonna lie to you. It gets tough. I really needed to push myself. I did it though and if you practice, Im sure you can too.
If I am wrong about any of this, please correct me reqruiters. Thank you. Good luck Anthony