Posted on 02/22/2021 7:57:32 AM PST by daniel1212
According to 2017 Pentagon data, 71 percent of young Americans between 17 and 24 are ineligible to serve in the United States military[1 ].
The military depends on a constant flow of volunteers every year to meet its requirements, and as the number of eligible Americans declines, it will be increasingly difficult to meet the needs. This is not a distant problem to address decades from now. The U.S. military is already having a hard time attracting enough qualified volunteers. Of the four services, the Army has the greatest annual need. The Army anticipates problems with meeting its 2018 goal to enlist 80,000 qualified volunteers, even with increased bonuses and incentives...2
In 2009, a group of retired U.S. generals and admirals formed a nonprofit group...Mission: Readiness, “Ready, Willing, and Unable to Serve,” undated, http://cdn.missionreadiness.org/NATEE1109.pdf (accessed January 26, 2018 ). they report that the main causes of this situation are inadequate education, criminality, and obesity. Unchecked, the combined effect of these three conditions will continue to decrease the number of young adults eligible to serve in the United States military. ..
“experts said seniors graduating from high school [in 2014] face[d] the longest odds to qualify for military service since the draft was abolished in 1973...
Graduation rates reported by major U.S. cities tell a more accurate and depressing story, with places like Montgomery, Alabama, reporting 70.7 percent and Albany, Oregon, as low as 51.3 percent.
Another hindrance to young adults’ ability to join the military is criminal history. ..Criminal history is relevant because it shows recruiters the kind of behavior and activities that recruits have exhibited in the past—which, while not predictive, certainly hint at the potential for similar behavior in the future...According to the 2009 Mission: Readiness report, criminality prevents one of every 10 young adults from being able to join the armed forces. [23]..National Institute of Justice claims that according to The Pittsburgh Youth Study, “52 to 57 percent of juvenile delinquents continue to offend up to age 25.[25]...
Health Issues
According to the former commander of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command,Major General Allen Batschelet, the biggest culprit keeping young adults from qualifying to serve in the United States military however is health concerns, mostly obesity.[32]
In 2015, he stated: “The obesity issue is the most troubling because the trend is going in the wrong direction…. By 2020 it could be as high as 50%, which means only 2 in 10 would qualify to join the Army.”[33]..
The Mission: Readiness report previously cited reports that “27% of young Americans are too overweight for military service,” and of the total number of those who attempt to join the Armed Forces, approximately 15,000 are rejected every year because they are overweight. [35]
Another 32 percent of the young adult population cannot join the military for health concerns other than obesity. These issues include asthma, hearing and eyesight problems, and mental illness.[38]
First of all 51 percent are unqualified simply because they are female. No. Women are not soldiers. They are physically and psychologically weaker than men, don’t have the aggression, are far more vulnerable, get pregnant and have periods. No.
Then I’d guess take away 70 percent from the remaining 49.
My two youngest where actively looking at the military, oddly both are underweight by recruiting standards.
Now, with Beijing Biden as the faux CinC, that option has been checked as a big, fat NO.
Simple problem to solve.
Allow recruits to sign up for the optional 8 week fat camp before boot camp.
Two months of proper diet and exercise can drop 30-40 pounds off anyone.
Put ‘em all on digital heart monitors, assign HR Zone goals and durations. Staff with knowledgeable trainers.
And your digital tag says what you can eat. And it’s all protein, fat and salad. There are no candy bars or chips in fat camp, no mashed potatoes. No rice. No bread.
6 months and you can slice 100lbs off anyone carrying 100lbs of fat.
10’s of thousands of recruits will sign up for this alone.
I told all three of my sons I don’t recommend the military. One came this close to going to Annapolis then changed his mind. I did not pressure them hard just told them my opinion and told them I’d support them if they went in anyway.
My reason: the homosexualizarion of the military. Further, the fact that America has elected some anti American presidents who you can not trust as commander in chief.
I agree. My father served in the Army back in the 60s and really tried to steer my 19 year old in that direction. Until a recently retired career officer told him how incredibly “woke” everything had become. I know several young men (all private school educated, high school athletes, good kids from good families) who have been turned off from military service because of this.
Poor and lower middle class people tend to be obese. Upper middle class and wealthy people are tend to be thin, fit and health conscious.
As the military becomes more tech concious and less reliance on infantry the military ranks will become more wealthy and educated among the ranks.
The global elites own brown shirts.
And just as many suffered from a condition they called
‘’Momism’’. That was all of these young males had been so thoroughly spoiled by their mothers officers and noncoms had difficulty in having them follow orders.
See post 23. And
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I know several young men (all private school educated, high school athletes, good kids from good families) who have been turned off from military service because of this.
The comparison is not to what is used to be but to everything else currently.
Well if they ever need recruits in mass they’ll just draft them. All but Congress’s kids.
Actually it seems the military advertises its latest tech even if such is not gained by hacking.
Various trades. That is where they seem to be headed (my son included).
And they will disqualify any Patriots, too, with China Joe Placeholder up there.
“No offense to anyone here on FR with a military background, but I think you’d have to be certifiably nuts to join the U.S. military today.”
None taken. And I agree. Active dissuading a couple local teens. Since commies are in charge.
“Sand in the Gears.” Just. Do. It.
I agree as not on the front lines, and that as a norm, women should be married and have kids. But much because of The Pill:
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I wonder what % of our people under age 30 have ever performed sustained physical labor outdoors. It has to be the lowest in all of human experience.
Freegards
Do so but draft them like Israel.
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