"Noooo! Noooo!"
Not to mention some of the 18-25 yr. olds I have met, have minds of 11-14 yr. olds.
Did one tour in recruiting; one day a mother came in the office and told the recruiters she brought her son down to join the Navy. They looked out the window and asked her ‘Is that him running across the parking lot?’ It was.
If they pass -- they're off to boot camp.
If they flunk, they get another four weeks.
Repeat as required...
After observation I asked my lunch buddies this:
Q: What’s the biggest difference between college girls today and college girls when we went to college (1970s)?
A: About 30 lbs.
The “Dirty Dozen” returns...
That’s what happens when you have a nation of pajama boys
I know it can’t replace fit young men, but some of us old fogies could help out - if permitted. Just saying, it could release some young bucks from filing or kP duty
Alvin York and Audie Murphy didn’t finish high school.
Their weight problem was too many medals on their chest.
There are 800,000-1,800,000 DACA kids.
All of them are valedictorians and hard workers, so we are told.
Put them in uniform and problem solved.
Three quarters of college age young people wouldn’t even consider signing up today...they’re too busy being led by Obama and his activist cohorts ‘at war’ with this administration.
Reeber what Obama just said to the students when they recently went in the streets to protest against guns?.....Quote.....”We’ve been waiting for you!
Who’s the ‘we’ Obama’s speaking as the leader of???? People really need to be aware of what the Obama’s are doing because it’s truly bad.
No worries, they’ll just revise the standards to allow snowflake phone-addicted slackers in. The military will be like working at McDonald’s by the time they’re through.
And godly patriotic men don’t want to serve under or with flaming homosexuals.
My son had planned to join the military until he blew his knee out. Now he’s going into the law.
Hearing loss is also a big medical reason. Earbuds are bad news.
Those that make the ‘grade’ will have an easy time of it compared to years ago - will not have to meet any sort of physical standard not have to throw a grenade (not that many can in the 11st place) to pass Basic.
Then many of those will be women, who will suddenly become pregnant when deployment time comes, some of the rest will be changing gender and also be not deployable.
Such a wondrous social experiment, the US military! Fight wars? Touch guns? Eeew.
America has a huge, bloated, parasite class.
So open up a military boot camp on the border with Mexico. Let them run it off as they stand guard at least until the wall is built.
I would give the overweight recruits an option of probationary induction. If they are not able to pass the physical due to weight, they don't go to full boot camp. They go on a program of physical training for three hours a day, interspersed with helping out at the base. At the end of 6 months, they are either in good enough shape to make it through boot camp, or they get discharged with no benefits.
My 17 year old nephew is 300lbs. I don’t think the Army will be knocking on his door.