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Most Americans not Fit to Join
Associated Press ^
| 3/13/06
| Associated Press
Posted on 03/13/2006 8:19:55 AM PST by bnelson44
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:19:57 AM PST
by
bnelson44
To: bnelson44
Last year a lady in my church said her husband -- who is in his 40s -- commented that a lot of the younger recruits were in worse shape than he was. They often get sent home early.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:21:34 AM PST
by
HungarianGypsy
(Are we really arrogant, or are they just jealous of us?)
To: bnelson44
Why -- that's discrimination! To tell someone that they are not fit to be in the military is just outrageous! How long has this been going on? [/sarcasm]
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:24:10 AM PST
by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: bnelson44
Somebody at the AP seriously screwed-up... this story does not fit the "The Draft is On the Way" template.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:25:09 AM PST
by
Tallguy
(When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
To: bnelson44
Yeah... but they have very high self-esteem!
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:25:35 AM PST
by
johnny7
(“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
To: bnelson44
I know someone who was on a medication (for seizures) that is also used for treating bi-polar disorder. It only took a letter and in he went. Moreover, as it turns out people on the meds for bi-polar were getting in. I suppose it all depends on what job your are going to be doing.
To: bnelson44
At least in my day,the Army was quite skilled in the art of turning fat slobs into reasonably (or very) fit individuals. I was 20 pounds lighter,and far more fit,when I finished BCT than when I started.
To: FlipWilson
I know someone who was bipolar who did not get in.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:29:45 AM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: bnelson44
Well, duh. The military has been raising standards to avoid the dregs.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:30:45 AM PST
by
elli1
To: Gay State Conservative
They still do. But they want a fighting chance at it from the start, so there are some minimum physical requirements.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:30:49 AM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: bnelson44
My last blood pressure reading was 106/60, resting heart rate of 55.
And I'm old. :)
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:31:03 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(We beat the Soviet Union, then we became them.)
To: Tallguy
yeah, but it fits the 'we're all gonna die from McDonalds if the bird flu don't get us first' template.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:33:15 AM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Muslims pray to Allah, Allah prays to Chuck Norris.)
To: bnelson44
I quit going to "Amy's Ice Cream" here in Austin because the employees look like they come straight out of a tribe in the Amazon jungle.
I'm afraid I will get hepatitis from these freaks.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:35:04 AM PST
by
lormand
(...the wrong person came out of the water that fateful night in Chappaquiddick)
To: FlipWilson
Hmmm I thought you couldn't get in if you were on maintenance medications of any kind.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:35:16 AM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(War today is always cheaper than war tomorrow.)
To: Lazamataz
Watch out for that bottom number. If it hits Zero, you dead.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:36:11 AM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(War today is always cheaper than war tomorrow.)
To: bnelson44
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:36:27 AM PST
by
lesser_satan
(You know, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas.)
To: bnelson44
that must have depressed them and yet elated them at the same time.
To: Flavius Josephus
Yes, but the Army needs Doctors and Lawyers.
To: bnelson44
The main reason for the rejection of so many is the health care costs associated with the military. The health care budget for the DOD runs into the billions of dollars. They want people who are healthy and defect free so they don't have to assist anybody with special needs. Makes it a much easier and more efficient ship.
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