In other words, as low as the bar is to get through Army basic training, there is still a large number of recruits that can't make it. They cannot read, write, understand simple logic, or even follow explicit instructions. Most are fat, out of shape, and have significant immaturity issues.
1 posted on
09/04/2023 11:59:37 AM PDT by
CodeToad
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To: CodeToad
That was THE point of public schools. To train students in body and mind to be ready to be in the workforce or military and now they don’t even serve THAT basic of a function.
2 posted on
09/04/2023 12:01:10 PM PDT by
Skywise
To: CodeToad
3 posted on
09/04/2023 12:01:30 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: CodeToad
Kindergarten for Basic Training. Is there a ribbon for that?
4 posted on
09/04/2023 12:01:45 PM PDT by
Delta 21
(Sufferings are the guardrails on the road to Heaven.)
To: CodeToad
Wow, colleges offer “remedial” courses to get people prepared for college.
Now, the Army has to offer “remedial” courses to get people prepared for basic training.
How pathetic is our nation?
5 posted on
09/04/2023 12:02:32 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: CodeToad
What’s the point of an army with democrats in charge? Oh yeah, to assist the invasion of the border by third world illegal aliens.
8 posted on
09/04/2023 12:12:24 PM PDT by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: CodeToad
When I went through the process of obtaining a security clearance a decade ago ( DOS foreign Army advisor) , the FBI agent revealed 60-70 percent of our younger population could not get a recommendation.
Drug use, criminal history, financial problems ( presumably debt), and other factors barred them. That said, the security clearance background check by the FBI is only a “ recommendation “, if the skill set was really needed, the person could be employed by the agency or contracting agency….( standards dropped).
And so it went, the bulk of our “ advisors “ were mostly over the age of 50- we even had Lenny who was 70.
9 posted on
09/04/2023 12:15:04 PM PDT by
delta7
To: CodeToad
Prep? I came out of basic in worse shape than when I went in.
11 posted on
09/04/2023 12:23:00 PM PDT by
glorgau
To: CodeToad
This is all theater as the DC globalists and their neocon stooges position themselves to bring back the draft. They don’t want the pervos and women of color they recruit for. They need our young, healthy, normal sons to bleed and die in their globalist adventures. According to Selective Service a simple majority vote brings back the draft after, “A national emergency, exceeding the Department of Defense’s capability to recruit and retain its total force strength, requires Congress to amend the Military Selective Service Act to authorize the President to induct personnel into the Armed Forces.“.
12 posted on
09/04/2023 12:25:55 PM PDT by
hardspunned
(Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
To: CodeToad
What about all those trannies, gays and lesbians the military has been so determined to attract/appease? Doesn’t seem like they’re joining the Austin-Milley brigades in large numbers like the democRATs claimed they would.
14 posted on
09/04/2023 12:32:45 PM PDT by
DaBroasta
("An armed society is a polite society" Heinlein)
To: CodeToad
15 posted on
09/04/2023 12:33:04 PM PDT by
silverleaf
(Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
To: CodeToad
I am retired from the U.S. Army. I’m not sure why anyone would join todays military. I would not recommend it to anyone. Only poor kids sign up. Most with no other options. You can expect to fight and die for a government that is only using you as a pawn in some larger affair. A government that won’t even secure our own countries borders. Wealthy families don’t risk their kids by letting them join. But they sure enjoy the freedoms of this country.
While I am proud of my service, I look at the time I spent in the Middle East and wonder, for what. What was gained and how many young lives were lost. All for oil ? All for the industrial military complex to profit greatly off goods that support wars ? Now the Army’s leadership is just some woke, transgender loving joke.
To: CodeToad
Army Secretary Christine WormuthThere's the problem right there, she's an academic and civil servant, never served in the Army.
When I graduated High School and enlisted in the Army in 1969, I was already in great shape, had no problem with the rigors of Basic Training.
20 posted on
09/04/2023 12:50:12 PM PDT by
PROCON
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: CodeToad
The Army has been handing out ASVAB waivers for quite some time. Recently, they lowered the minimum score. I guess the idea is to reduce the number of waivers by accepting absolute bottom of the barrel recruits. It’s not going to help recruiting numbers. Young men from military families are not looking to be surrounded by fat stupid chits. It’s a very real danger.
In any endeavor, military or not, the raising of standards will attract more applicants/recruits.
22 posted on
09/04/2023 12:53:08 PM PDT by
ConservativeInPA
(The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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ROTFL! An Army first. We’re scrapin’ the bottom of the barrel now. Didn’t even have to do this when we had the draft. The U.S. Army looks like the cafeteria at the U.N. at lunch time. Or maybe the Star Wars Cantina scene. Now we know why the Ukies are kick the Russkis asses. They’re going to kick our asses next if the Red Chinese or North Koreans don’t get to us first.
24 posted on
09/04/2023 12:57:25 PM PDT by
FlingWingFlyer
(Jock itch and toe jam are racist!)
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29 posted on
09/04/2023 1:13:56 PM PDT by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
To: CodeToad
The Marines have been doing this for years. The recruiters take a bunch of poolies and run them around local parks with PT equipment here.
Not a bad idea to reduce stress injuries.
33 posted on
09/04/2023 1:31:29 PM PDT by
pfflier
To: CodeToad
This story doesn't bother me like it once would have.
This is not "our" military, except in the sense that we have to pay for it.
It will never be used to protect us. It will very likely be used against us.
34 posted on
09/04/2023 1:57:31 PM PDT by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
To: CodeToad
If they fail the prep training course, they will simply lower the standards enough for them to qualify.
42 posted on
09/04/2023 2:02:56 PM PDT by
RetiredTexasVet
(Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
To: CodeToad
The world needs ditch diggers, too. On another note, people overseas in the military should be amoungst the few that are allowed to vote by mail. But now that the commies have taken over the purge is well under way.
46 posted on
09/04/2023 2:10:24 PM PDT by
jdt1138
(Where ever you go, there you are.)
To: CodeToad
A remedial course designed to prepare potential Army recruits for basic training will become a permanent part of the service’s strategy in overcoming its sagging enlistment numbers, officials said. I thought that Was Lunchbag Lujan's job?
U.S. Army E-Girl / Lunchbaglujan / knowyourmeme.com
48 posted on
09/04/2023 2:16:08 PM PDT by
Drew68
(Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins. https://twitter.com/spencmar)
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