What are the physical requirement to join the amry?

Answer 1

Be healthy and not over or under weight.
See your recruter for more info..

Answer 2

The purpose of DOD medical standards is to ensure that medically qualified personnel, accepted into the armed forces of the United States are:

(1) Free of contagious diseases that would likely endanger the health of other personnel.

(2) Free of medical conditions or physical defects that would require excessive time lost from duty for necessary treatment or hospitalization or would likely result in separation from the Army for medical unfitness.

(3) Medically capable of satisfactorily completing required training.

(4) Medically adaptable to the military environment without the necessity of geographical area limitations.

(5) Medically capable of performing duties without aggravation of existing physical defects or medical conditions..


The standards listed on these pages are overall DOD medical standards. Each of the military services, however, have the authority to waive these standards, should they choose to do so. If an applicant is disqualified by MEPS, based on the above standards, the MEPS medical doctor makes a recommendation as to whether or not a waiver should be considered. The doctor bases this recommendation on the following criteria, using his/her professional medical judgement:

1. Is the condition progressive?

2. Is the condition subject to aggravation by military service?

3. Will the condition preclude satisfactory completion of prescribed training and subsequent military duty?

4. Will the condition constitute an undue hazard to the examine or to others, particularly under combat conditions?

If a waiver is required, it is initiated and processed by the service you are trying to join, not the MEPS. Whether or not a waiver will be approved, and how long it takes for approval/disapproval varies greatly. Each and every waiver is considered individually.

SSG Schramm
US Army 15 years
OIF 2003
US Army Recruiter

Answer 3

Click on the link below. Read Chapter 2. That's the physical and psychiatric conditions which can disqualify you from enlistment.

Answer 4

one head/brain (acceptable IQ)
two eyes
one nose
one mouth
two ears
32 teeth (maximum)
all organs present, to include sex organs (functional)
one anus (that can accomodate a size 10 combat boot)
two arms, eight fingers, two thumbs (functional)
two legs, two feet, ten toes (functional)

Answer 5

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/intmedstandards.htm look at this it may help