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Super. Three Quarters Of Young Americans Couldn’t Join The Military If They Wanted To
Hotair ^ | 02/25/2018 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 02/25/2018 7:30:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

One reason I think we are pretty far from any type of sustained civil unrest is that the poorest people are now the most likely to be obese. That’s something that has never happened before. It’s hard to imagine a civil war or uprising when the poorest are the fattest.

Freegards


81 posted on 02/26/2018 7:26:26 AM PST by Ransomed
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To: BenLurkin

Exactly. Get some of these kids away from mommy and daddy and the XBox for a while, and they’ll be fine. That’s what basic is for.

Then ones who don’t have it in them won’t make it, and that’s also what basic is for.

Same with the kids with criminal records or failed drug tests. Unless it’s a pretty serious felony conviction or unless the recruit is a serious addict, most of them have a good chance of making it.

I don’t care who shows up at basic. I care who reports to his first unit.


82 posted on 02/26/2018 7:40:52 AM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: SeekAndFind
Others failed to graduate high school or get an equivalent degree and are refused entry until they can meet the educational standards.

Paging Betsy deVos.

83 posted on 02/26/2018 9:05:54 AM PST by Albion Wilde (WeÂ’re even doing the right thing for them. They just donÂ’t know it yet. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

If a war came, you would be drafted and if your bones showed in the X-ray then you passed the physical.


84 posted on 02/26/2018 11:55:44 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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