United States Marine Corps Recruit Weight Chart ( Female DEP)
United States Marine Corps Recruit Weight Chart (DEP) Below you will find a chart for females to enlist in the United States Marine Corps Delayed Enlistment program, or the DEP. If an applicant exceeds the weight limit should desire to gain access to the Marine Corps, they are required to obtain a waiver. That waiver must be approved by the Marine Corps Recruiting Region Commanding General. The first step to obtaining a waiver will be that the recruit applicant will be able to pass the Marine Corps Physical Fitnes Test (PFT) with a 2nd class score. There is also a Marine Corps Body fat limit for female recruits, which is 26 percent. As most things, there is an official Marine Corps order to show how body fat is to be measured and it can be found in Marine Corps Order (MCO) 6100.12.
Before the Marine applicant can ship out and start the status as a recruit they must meet the Retention Weight Standards. Any recruit applicant that is over the standard requirements can still go to boot camp but MUST be within allowable body fat standards (26%) and achieve a 2nd class PFT score.
The chart below is what are the standards for a female to enter into the delayed entry program without any waivers. If an applicant exceeds or is under the standards, then waivers will be needed. The Marine Corps is VERY strict on weight standards before you enter and even after you finish Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Stop and think for a moment, do you ever see a fat Marine? If you are worried about your weight, you should worry because it could keep you from your dream of becoming a Marine. Do not let weight stand in your way, but at the same time do not let your weight cloud your focus on the bigger picture. You know you will be able to get the weight down and make recruit status. The question you need to be concerned with is all the other stuff you need to prepare for as well. Are you ready for the Drill Instructors? Do you even know what courses you will be studying? There is much more to passing Marine Corps Recruit Training than just just fitness. You are hereby warned that you need to study the bigger picture and prepare for many, many things and not just PT.
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WEIGHT CHART FOR FEMALES DEP PROGRAM
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Max
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| Height | MinimumWeight | Age 16-20 |
Age 21 – 24 |
Age 25-30 |
Age 31-35 |
| 58 | 90 | 121 | 123 | 124 | 126 |
| 59 | 92 | 123 | 125 | 129 | 129 |
| 60 | 94 | 125 | 127 | 132 | 132 |
| 61 | 96 | 127 | 129 | 135 | 136 |
| 62 | 98 | 130 | 132 | 139 | 141 |
| 63 | 100 | 134 | 137 | 141 | 145 |
| 64 | 102 | 138 | 141 | 145 | 150 |
| 65 | 104 | 142 | 145 | 149 | 155 |
| 66 | 106 | 147 | 150 | 154 | 160 |
| 67 | 109 | 151 | 155 | 159 | 165 |
| 68 | 112 | 156 | 159 | 163 | 169 |
| 69 | 115 | 160 | 164 | 168 | 175 |
| 70 | 118 | 165 | 169 | 173 | 180 |
| 71 | 122 | 170 | 174 | 178 | 185 |
| 72 | 125 | 175 | 178 | 183 | 190 |
Marine Corps Boot Camp Drug Test
If you are interested in The United States Marine Corps and you have smoked marijuana, you can still join the Marines and start boot camp. Sure the world would be a better place if nobody smoked dope, but the truth is that there are many people that join the Marines and lied about doing weed, passed the piss test and stayed clean. We do not want you to think that the Marine Corps allows pot smoking in any way, shape or form, but if you have no drug convictions and you can pass the urine test, you can become a Marine.
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The next question is whether or not you should tell your recruiter that you smoked pot. The simple advice here can get twisted, so before you answer the recruiter, put him on hold for a moment or two and lets talk….The key to being a Marine is staying drug free while in The Corps. If you pass the piss test and never smoke marijuana again, you are home free. If you tell the recruiter you have smoked pot, you will have to apply for waivers and you will have to yada, yada, yada! The make or break here is whether or not you have stopped smoking the stuff and if you can answer yes, then the next question is whether you can refrain from smoking the stuff while you are serving in The Corps.
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If you can stay off the dope and stay clean, there is no need to tell anyone anything about ever having smoked pot. Is that the ethical thing to do? Would that not be telling a lie? The answer to that is YES! The alternative to telling this little lie is that you may never get into the Corps. Never being allowed in The Corps could be a fate worth than death for some people. So, if you have smoked pot and can pass the piss test and never smoke it again while on active duty, then it is suggested that you say “No” because the drug test will not catch you now, tomorrow or ever. The military could dig much deeper by doing a more extensive test than a piss test, but they really do not want to know if you smoked a joint two years ago.
Thinks about this…if they wanted to know what you smoked 10 years ago they could pull a hair out, test it and know anything and everything about you. The drug test you take to enter the Marine Corps is where you piss in a cup and they test it for a “threshold” of THC. If you have THC, you can still pass as long as the trace amount is below the threshold. So, they do know people have smoked pot, and yet they still let them join. By admitting to your recruiter you puffed a toke, you are just setting yourself up for a more difficult rode to travel in becoming a Marine.
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We do not want you to think that drugs are acceptable in The United States Marine Corps, because they are not. If you are EVER caught failing a piss test, you are in trouble. The higher the rank, the more severe it will be in the form of punishment. If you are an E-1, you will get severely reprimanded. If you are an O-1, you are done. The point is that if you fail a piss test while in The Marines, you will be promoted to civilian fairly quickly. You do not want to be discharged from The Corps under those conditions.
The drug test is a piss test, or a urinalysis. You will pee in a cup and then that cup will checked for temperature and then it will be sealed. The THC is what is looked for and the fatter you are, the longer the THC stays in your cells. If you are worried about taking a test and you smoked in the last 30 days, you should worry. If you have smoked and now are afraid of the random test, then drink water and plenty of it. Drink at least one gallon a day, but not all at once. Get out and exercise, so you sweat. Sweat, drink, drink and sweat some more. That is what you need top do to get the THC out of those fat cells. If you are overweight you better work twice as hard.
One side note here if you are looking for information on a urine cleaner kit that will help you pass a piss test. Some say that if you drink vinegar, you will pass the test. WRONG! WRONG!! WRONG!!! If you use a kit to hide the fact that you smoked pot, you will be making it easier for them to catch you. The kits actually make it easier to catch you and they do not work!!! Doubt us if you want to, but they do not work and that bit of information comes from a very informed source. Besides, do you really want to risk your chances by HOPING a cleaner kit would work? Stop kidding yourself, if you want to be a Marine, you have to stay clean and that is that, nothing more can, or should be said.
When your recruiter asks if you smoked dope and you know you can pass a piss test and you know you will stay clean, you are much better off just saying “NO!” If you think that is not the thing to do, then so be it, because that is just our opinion. We just know that if it is your goal to be a Marine and stay clean, then a lot worse people than you have served in The Corps. During Vietnam many men were told either they went to prison or went to Nam, for crimes they committed. Judges gave them the option to serve as a Marine, or go to prison. These men did a lot worse than smoking dope and they went on to become fine Marines that fought and died for America. That little fact is never mentioned in the history books is it?
If you want to become a Marine then go for it and let nothing stop you, let nothing get in your way. If you can stay drug free, The Marine Corps wants you, they just can’t say it out loud.
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Why People Flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp: Top 7 Reasons
We have been asked the question of why people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp over and over again, so we decided to create this page in an effort to provide a concise answer. The reason why people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp is not always the same and yet many of them are closely related. We have compiled a list of the top 7 reasons why we think people flunk out, or wash out, of Marine Corps Boot Camp. The list is not in a rank order, as each reason is personal to the recruit that flunks out. Flunking out is what is important, and not the reason why the recruit flunked out. Flunking out of Marine Corps Boot Camp just means you failed.
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Injury: There are times when a recruit falls off a rope or twists a knee and becomes hurt to such a degree that they cannot continue on with Marine Corps Boot Camp. When this happens the recruit is stashed away in some platoon waiting to heal. This is a very frustrating time because the recruit has realized the dream to become a Marine is dead and yet they cannot return home. The reason the recruit cannot return home is two-fold. First off, the recruit needs to heal, but more important to the Corps is they do not want to send home recruits that look beat up and /or abused. It does not make good public relations. This is a reason why people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Criminal: There are times whena civilian slips into boot camp and starts training like everyone else. Then one-day while the platoon is sitting quietly in the squadbay, two men in suits walk in and take a recruit with them, and that recruit is never heard from again by the their fellow recruits. The reason for this is because they had some outstanding warrant on them or some such criminal charge that did not get caught on the initial processing. Once a recruit actually enters active military duty, their is another, deeper background check performed. This follow on background check sometimes turns up a recruit that has not been so honest. This is yet another reason why some people flunk Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Drugs:This reason has been given its own section because it is very common. A very popular reason why recruits get sent home is because they smoked pot or did some other drug right before they reported into boot camp. One of the first things a new recruit does when they get off the bus at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot is they take a “piss test“, which the rest of the world refers to as a urine analysis drug test. A new recruit will pee in the bottle and off goes the sample for testing. It takes a few days/weeks to get the results, so somewhere along the line the recruit gets pulled away from the rest of the platoon.
Too Fat: Yes, we said it Too FAT. This reason actually falls under an umbrella of reasons why people flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp. The actual reason may because the recruit cannot keep up with the physical training. Maybe the fat brought on some other health issues that warranted the expulsion from Marine Corps Boot Camp. The end result of being obese will start with the Drill Instructors giving the recruit more attention than they will want. This negative attention will bleed over to the fellow recruits getting angry with the fat one because the platoon will be punished since the fat one cannot keep up. If a recruit is too fat they will become the focal point of everything the Drill Instructors can throw at the recruit. If you think that this is rude or not “politically correct” you would be right if your were in the civilian world. In the glow of Marine Corps Boot Camp, your feelings mean nothing. If you are fat and can’t get over the wall, you are a liability. if you are fat and can’t keep up with the platoon, you will need to go to the “pork chop platoon” for further and additional training, or go home. It is that simple If you are too fat in Marine Corps Boot Camp the deciding factor will be if the individual has the internal drive and motivation to keep up with the rest of the unit. Being fat is not a automatic get sent home, it is just an issue that will require additional intestinal fortitude to overcome.
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Lack of Personal Drive: If a civilian shows up and is really not committed to becoming a Marine, there is a very good chance they will fail. The commitment to becoming a Marine will need to transcend personal discomfort and personal needs. A recruit that does not have the internal drive to continue and carry on will falter along the way and fall behind in training. This is when the gray area becomes apparent because the lack of personal drive will allow, for example, a minor medical injury to become a chance to be sent home. When a recruit has a lack of will to carry on through the most difficult time in their life, it becomes easy to roll “the reason” into another reason that will offer them the opportunity to quit. A recruit that does not have the internal and ongoing will to graduate Marine Corps Boot Camp, will allow a non-essential cause for failure to blossom and grow into a reason that can become tangible enough for dismissal. The possible list of reasons in this category are virtually limitless, but they are there for the weak recruit to take a hold of, and then use that excuse for the rest of their life. The excuse that manifests itself for dismissal from Marine Corps Boot Camp will be retold to family and friends over and over so many times, that after a while the failed recruit starts to believe the reason really was substantial enough to warrant leaving boot camp a failure. Lack of personal drive is one reason that people flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp that starts while still at home waiting as a “poolee” to start boot camp.
Lack of Preparation Academically: Preparation for Marine Corps Boot Camp is one thing that an individual can never get enough of,…and whatever they do to prepare,… will leave them ill-prepared for Marine Corps Boot Camp. To flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp a recruit really has to flunk out because the individual recruit is offered time and time again an opportunity to succeed. If a test subject is causing trouble the recruit would have to be a rock to not be able to pass it eventually. The academic portion of Marine Corps Boot Camp is not the reason for many recruits being sent home from boot camp. What causes the trouble is that the academic portion of boot camp is really just another faucet of stress that must be overcome to graduate. If a civilian does not study before they arrive at the recruit depot to start basic recruit training, then the amount of stress will increase overall, compared to the civilian that studied before arriving at boot camp. The point you need to understand is that the academic studies, in them-self, are not difficult. It is only when the academics are thrown at you with the rest that is going on, that makes it difficult. If a civilian studied all of the subject matter prior to becoming a recruit, the level of stress would be reduced exponentially. The lack of preparation academically only leads to increased stress, that some individuals just cannot handle, and that is just another reason why they flunk out of Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Easily Intimidated:The Marine Corps really does not want some mindless drone running around looking to start a fight, but they do not want a person that can be intimidated too easily. If a civilian shows up to recruit training and takes the training and the treatment they receive too harshly, they will end up being intimidated and they will flunk out and fail Marine Corps Boot Camp. A recruit needs to be able to stand up and stand tall to the constant barrage of verbal abuse they receive while at boot camp. Anything less will cause the recruit to fail boot camp and be sent home as a civilian. The recruit cannot take the treatment at boot camp as a personal issue. If the Drill Instructor sense a weakness, they will work at using it to intimidate you right back to the civilian world.
If you want to become a Marine, you have to make it through Marine Corps Boot Camp. If you are not prepared for what that means, you will have a tougher time than you need to have. Marine Corps Boot Camp is not some unbeatable experience, as demonstrated by the graduation ceremonies that take place weekly. If you are going off to boot camp, then you have made the commitment and that commitment will only have one of two outcomes. You will either become a Marine or you will fail. PERIOD!!!! You will spend every minute of everyday in Marine Corps Boot Camp dealing with the issue of becoming a basically trained Marine. Either you prepare now or you don’t. If you choose to not prepare now you may still graduate, but your time in Marine Corps Boot Camp will suck much more than it has to.
Lack of Preparation Physically: It is not by accident that the reason for not being physically prepared for boot camp was listed last. Most outsiders will disagree with this, but the truth is that The Marine Corps Boot Camp process is not designed to kick out and fail the weak from becoming a Marine. One of the first things a recruit has to do when they arrive at Marine Corps Basic Training is what is called the Initial Physical Fitness Test (PFT). If you arrived at boot camp, chances are you will be able to make the minimum requirements to start and continue boot camp with your platoon. If you have the ability to qualify at the initial PFT, you have the physical ability to graduate. The entire Marine Corps Boot Camp system is designed to take ANY civilian and work them hard and push them physically so they will be able to march on the grinder (parade deck) and graduate as basically trained Marines. It would be silly to think that the entire system would be set up to “hire” civilians and then not have a system in place to promote being physically fit. Once again, preparation is key, because if an individual shows up for Marine Corps Boot Camp and has a good physical condition, their stress level will be lower, and they will be able to not “freak out” when the entire world around them seems to be crashing down around their ears. The point of being fit beforehand will only lower the overall level of stress that the recruit will have to endure. Before you get done reading this…LISTEN UP!!!!!! Being out of shape does not mean you will fail Marine Corps Boot Camp just as much as being in shape DOES NOT guarantee you will graduate a Marine. It all comes back down to personal drive, will power and overall commitment.
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