Posted on 10/07/2015 12:27:51 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Yes I did. I went through Basic in the summer of 1967 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (often referred to as Fort Lost-in-the-Woods, Misery). I was 18, athletic, 160 lbs going in, and about the same coming out. I might have put on a few pounds of muscle. For me, it was a snap. No problem at all.
That was the experience of most of us, if you were in half-way decent shape going in. Some people flunked out, of course, and had to repeat, but most of us got through it. My basic training unit was called “Double Time Delta,” because we hardly marched anywhere. Instead we double-timed it mostly, wherever we went — in July and August.
I’m not doubting the Puerto Rican dude lost a lot of weight. But 350 lbs to 200 lbs in 56 days? Not possible (unless his legs were blown off on grenade day, or something). Are you sure he didn’t begin his training at 250 lbs? In those days, 250 lbs would’ve looked like a whale to me, too, and later I my might’ve confused it with 350 lbs. So if you did that I totally understand.
But losing 50 lbs in 56 days?... that I could definitely believe.
So let them join and get them into shape. I’m guessing that basic training/boot camp will do wonders for these people.
It depends on the reason for the individual’s obesity and the needs of the service at the time.
OTOH...In the future version of the Democrat Army, your DI could be a 250LB solid muscle body builder curvaceous and busty shemale with a truly evil disposition towards new recruits.
The current military services do not have the budget for military personnel required to spend and waste on recruits who are unlikely to meet and maintain the minimum standards of performance. The Army and Navy draftees in times past were paid very poorly and the military services enjoyed comparatively better budgets for the training of the recruits, so they had more latitude to spend time and money on physically conditioning most obese recruits.
Ok.
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