[MikefromOhio]

That's just thing thing here...by the time they exclude the drug users, the criminal record holders, the ritalin kids, the obese, the tatooed, and the low test scorers, only about 30 percent of the population is even eligible.

That's not true anymore. You can get in with tattoos, drug users (assuming you aren't completely out there anymore and promise to not use drugs while in the military) get waivers and unless you are grotesquely obese, they will still sign you up.

[Wristpin]

That's not true anymore. You can get in with tattoos, drug users (assuming you aren't completely out there anymore and promise to not use drugs while in the military) get waivers and unless you are grotesquely obese, they will still sign you up.

The tatoo rules are service specific...I'm talking about the hurdles all recruiters face...when you subtract the non high school grads and then add the other disqualifiers, the pool shrinks quickly.

The stats are that only about 30 percent of the 18-24 year olds in this country are qualified for military service.

The truth is 7 out of 10 kids don't qualify!