Are cadets required to pass both methods of BF% calculation? I did some unofficial calculations, and using the first method, my BF is around 32%, but using the second method it's 26-27% (depending on whether the weight in my DoDMERB portal is used or the weight I took just now. I was about 1 lb lighter just now). It's interesting to me that there's a 5-6% difference between the 2 methods, which is the difference between a pass and a fail.