Author: Michael

A sick soldier changed the trajectory of Dwight Hal Johnson’s life.
On January 13, 1968, Johnson believed he would be going home in less than two weeks after serving nearly a year as a U.S. Army tank driver in Vietnam. The next day, he learned he was being transferred to another M48 Patton tank because its driver was ill.
His homecoming would have to wait.
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One day after that, Johnson saw combat for the first time during an intense battle near Dak To in Kontum Province.

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On September 30, 2025, the Secretary of War ordered changes to Military Fitness Standards to further his mission of restoring the warrior ethos. One of those changes is the use of the waist to height ratio (WHtR) to evaluate body composition.
This memorandum serves to provide additional guidance on implementing the WHtR beginning January I, 2026. Height and weight tables will no longer be utilized to evaluate body composition.

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