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Pentagon: Young Adults Too Fat, Tattooed, Uneducated for Military
Newsmax ^ | June 28, 2014 | Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 06/29/2014 4:12:47 AM PDT by SamAdams76

The American military is facing a serious personnel issue: More than two-thirds of today's youth are too uneducated, have behavior issues, and are not physically fit enough for service.

"We're trying to make decision makers see this is a national-security matter — and they need to prioritize it," retired Maj. Gen. Allen Youngman told The Wall Street Journal.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: arth; obesity; usmilitary
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To: snoringbear
"And, no, I don't have to accept it"

Depending on your behavior, you could have to accept it.

Anytime you are dealing with code people, regulators, inspectors and such, if you behave agitated, irritated, confrontational, threatening, and such, they will bring along some enforcers.

Don't end up like these men

81 posted on 06/29/2014 10:31:28 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: kearnyirish2

It is getting harder for me to enjoy eating out and a lot of other things since I’m seeing more and more of the inked up crowd.


82 posted on 06/29/2014 10:35:02 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.q)
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To: SamAdams76

“Anybody coming into my company for a job interview with a visible tattoo is immediately disqualified.”

I really don’t know what they are thinking; are they really stupid enough to believe that any prospective employer will be happy to accomodate their “self-expression” and “individuality”?


83 posted on 06/29/2014 12:32:03 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: wally_bert

“It is getting harder for me to enjoy eating out and a lot of other things since I’m seeing more and more of the inked up crowd.”

I stopped eating out a lot for financial reasons, but I have to admit I was skeeved by waitresses and others around my food that had so many tattoos and piercings. I’m not crazy; people who get tattoos can’t give blood (for at least a year, I believe) for a reason...


84 posted on 06/29/2014 12:34:13 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: R. Scott

I think you saw the movie “The Dirty Dozen”.


85 posted on 06/29/2014 1:21:55 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Old Yeller
Don’t they just have to be queers now?

Every now and again I tell my soldier son that he needs to sign up here and take part. Then I read posts like this one and wonder why I bother.

86 posted on 06/29/2014 1:27:25 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: Ben Ficklin

Idiot


87 posted on 06/29/2014 1:54:52 PM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: kearnyirish2

“I stopped eating out a lot for financial reasons, but I have to admit I was skeeved by waitresses and others around my food that had so many tattoos and piercings. I’m not crazy; people who get tattoos can’t give blood (for at least a year, I believe) for a reason...”

Yes, well I have a tattoo. And according to you and others on FR I am a freak and an idiot basically. A problem arises, when actual facts are introduced to the equation.

I served this country with honor...

I am successfully self employed and pay more in taxes and earn more than many on this site...

I have had more than a few upper level management positions...

I have two Bachelor’s degrees and a MBA...

So, once again do I have to say that not everyone can be painted with the same brush? I see a ton of thinking like this on FR. It is no wonder that Conservatism is struggling to extend its reach, especially among the young and other groups. We are looked at as being pig-headed, closed minded, and downright ignorant in some ways. Even those who may stand with us ideologically won’t admit it out loud because of these kinds of antics.

I am not saying people should walk around covered in tattoos. Everything should be done in moderation. But just because I have a tattoo that says, “Peace Through Superior Firepower”, on my arm does not make me a degenerate.


88 posted on 06/29/2014 3:58:12 PM PDT by BizBroker (The peaceful majority who do nothing are irrelevant against an active, ideologically driven minority)
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To: BizBroker

“And according to you and others on FR I am a freak and an idiot basically.”

Do you have tattoos on your face/neck? A pierced eyebrow? Play victim somewhere else; I was fairly specific about where I drew a line.


89 posted on 06/29/2014 4:30:47 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

Disagreeing with untrue generalizations is not playing victim.
My post should have conveyed that I am anything but, despite what many Freepers think of those with tattoos.

I was specific as to where the tattoo was. The remarks were not directed to just you either, as I used the word “many” or “others”.


90 posted on 06/29/2014 7:43:58 PM PDT by BizBroker (The peaceful majority who do nothing are irrelevant against an active, ideologically driven minority)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Wish he would....and would ping me! :)


91 posted on 06/30/2014 8:21:14 AM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l go)
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To: bert
At worst, Saddam will be replaced by someone far worse who will create an Islamic terror base funded by oil. A wealthy version of North Korea pointing WMDs at the world.

At best, Iraq will descend into civil war and they will kill each other.

The Gulf is still in danger of being shut down at any moment and that danger increases every day with Islamists taking over Iraq.

92 posted on 07/01/2014 9:08:04 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: varyouga

ISIL is not the threat to the Gulf states.

The principle threat is Iran. The mullahs covet Mecca and the wealth of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the others.


93 posted on 07/02/2014 4:00:54 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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