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To: TurboZamboni

Gee.
Maybe we could start a training program for new recruits to get them into shape so they could serve. Break them down and then build them up.

If only previous generations had done that.


5 posted on 05/01/2015 6:24:23 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: MrEdd

Add a few weeks to basic training for the extra fat fatty group.

No more ‘unfair’ than longer AITs for some MOS than others.


7 posted on 05/01/2015 6:25:44 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: MrEdd
In USMC Boot Camp (1966), recruits deemed too flabby, skinny or weak were sent to what was known as "The Fat Farm"....they were dropped from the training platoon and spent a minimum of two weeks being worked into shape.

We'd sometimes see these poor wretches at the messhall...the DI's would make the lightweights double up on the meal, and the porkers got a whole lot less than would be normal.

30 posted on 05/01/2015 8:03:18 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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