1 posted on
09/05/2004 6:11:32 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
If they go near Poland I will be suspicious.......
2 posted on
09/05/2004 6:12:55 PM PDT by
cmsgop
( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life..........)
To: blam
3 posted on
09/05/2004 6:13:10 PM PDT by
MikefromOhio
(Free Republic - Only as "free" as those that post on it want it to be!!!)
To: blam
This is the "Kerry" Brigade no doubt.
To: blam
hahahahaha.... too many battles at Oktoberfest....
To: blam
Too much strudel in the Bund, I guess. And I thought Old Europe had determined that only Americans are lardasses.
7 posted on
09/05/2004 6:15:37 PM PDT by
asgardshill
(GWB throws heat. JF'nK throws spitballs.)
To: blam
What do you mean I need exercise?
10 posted on
09/05/2004 6:18:41 PM PDT by
eabinga
To: blam
I think it's Darwinian natural selection - all the warrior types got removed from the breeding population sixty years ago.
To: blam
I like the title - "Heavy Infantry". Reminds me of heavy armor, but perhaps less appealing for a fighting unit.
15 posted on
09/05/2004 6:29:46 PM PDT by
meyer
To: blam
The Bundesitzpinklerwehr?
To: blam
To "get in shape", and have limited training they should march on Paris. Think of the exercise they'd get. Hiking and bending over to pick up the french rifles. They needn't worry about heat stroke, as the french planted trees for them.
18 posted on
09/05/2004 6:56:51 PM PDT by
stumpy
(M)
To: blam
"Gen Wolfgang Schiederhan has ordered a rethink of the army's training programme, saying sport should form an obligatory part of the soldiers' activities. It has not been a requirement until now."
Fritz sez, "Don't laugh, Americka! Vatch us! See! Ve are already varming up!
19 posted on
09/05/2004 7:04:05 PM PDT by
familyop
(Essayons)
To: blam
DER SPIEGEL 37/2004 - 04. September 2004
URL: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/vorab/0,1518,316663,00.htmlFat Soldiers
Conditional Defenders
With growing concern, army doctors are watching the eating and lifestyle habits of military recruits. The head of the Bundeswehr [Federal Armed Forces] Medical Corps, Admiral-Major Karsten Ocker, warns that Germany is on the way to an XXL nation.
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DPA
Bundeswehr soup kitchen: Fitness programs compulsory for young recruits
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Due to the epidemic-like increase of untrained over-weights, an avalanche of under-performing adolescents is rolling upon the army: Every third teenager is overweight, more than half of the 16 to 18-year-old don't play sports, a quarter of the 15-year- spend more than four hours a day in front of the television set.
Incidences of those with joint and spine injuries are already increasing in the Bundeswehr. Inspector General Wolfgang Schneiderhan has ordered that sports be a major focal point in basic training. Ocker would like, additionally, to order physical fitness programs for the 'entire service period' - so that the recruiting slogan, "a strong [heavy] troop", doesn't unintentionally sound comical.
© DER SPIEGEL 37/2004
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"Spiegel-Online"....Bedingt abwehrbereit Translated by longjack
22 posted on
09/05/2004 7:06:05 PM PDT by
longjack
To: blam
German Admirals sure don't have a good track record, but they always have a lot to say....
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