Manual of the Medical Department (NAVMED P-117): Chapter 15: Medical Examinations: Physical Standards

15-32 General

Department of the Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

(1) This section implements DoD Directive 6130.3 series, Physical Standards for Enlistment, Appointment, and Induction, which establishes physical standards for entrance into the Armed Forces of the United States per section 133, title 10, United States Code.

(2) The DoD directive may change before the concomitant change appears in this manual. The DoD directive always has precedence.

(3) The only SECNAV-approved exception to the standards is officer's vision standards.