Weight Control Program
Mission Enhance individual Soldier readiness through the provision of healthy lifestyle choices and by providing strategic policy oversight, interpretation, and guidance to the field that enhances readiness of the total force.
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AR 600-9, The Army Weight Control Program - 27 Nov 2006
What's New
- ALARACT 113/2012 - AR 40-501, STANDARDS OF MEDICAL FITNESS AND AR 600-9, THE ARMY WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM (AWCP)
- ALARACT 248/2010 THE ARMY WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM as of 17 August 2010.
- AR 600-9, The Army Weight Control Program, effective 2 Apr 07, was revised and published on 27 Nov 06. This regulation supercedes AR 600-9 dated 1 Sep 06. It implements guidance found in the Department of Defense Instruction 1308.1, which establishes a weight control program and guidance for body fat standards for the Services.