Posted on 04/03/2023 11:43:14 AM PDT by JonPreston
A Pentagon study revealed that 77 percent of young Americans do not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, drug use, or mental or physical problems.
“When considering youth disqualified for one reason alone, the most prevalent disqualification rates are overweight (11 percent), drug and alcohol abuse (8 percent), and medical/physical health (7 percent),” the Pentagon’s 2020 Qualified Military Available Study of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 read.
The concern over the shrinking pool of potential recruits has grown in recent years. Maj. Charlie Dietz, a Department of Defense spokesman, stated that the study confirmed the challenges of recruiting new military members.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanmilitarynews.com ...
Deflection. Sure a lot of kids are fat, stupid, and stoned, but I would wager to bet that the real reason is that all the smart patriot kids and families are no longer willing to send risk their kid’s lives with Biden, Austin, Milley and their woke brigade.
That is the real issue.
D’oh. Didn’t even see your post before I posted above.
Not to mentioned they look at Southern kids like they’re racists.
In other words, young people are being brought up more like Hunter Biden in our skool system.
Its up like 7% since I last heard this statistic
By 2030, we’ll all be too fat to join the army.
Ping.
When did “too fat” become disqualifying? Don’t drill-sergeants fix that?
Many retired military personnel have advised the younger members of their families to avoid joining the military. The reasoning behind this is that why would one want to serve in an organization where their religious beliefs and skin color are despised by the country they are serving.
Think about the unfair trials that are being given to the individuals who participated in the January 6th events.
Think about how a former President is being subjected to numerous investigations and is now facing a trial.
The authorities in charge no longer hold regard for the Sixth Amendment.
How can they possibly expect us to permit the upcoming generation to fight and sacrifice for a nation that no longer upholds the values enshrined in its Constitution?
The government we have today bears a striking resemblance to that of the Hunger Games, where the affluent and influential exercise control over the lower class.
I am happy to report that 0% of my four sons have any of those problems. #itaintmyfault
“When considering youth disqualified for one reason alone, the most prevalent disqualification rates are overweight (11 percent), drug and alcohol abuse (8 percent), and medical/physical health (7 percent),”
As you say....”and” is most of the rest.
What I’m mostly concerned about are these sexual deviants who are now worshiped in the military at the cost of the mission. Trannies can get full “transition” procedures paid for BY US, and then ongoing maintenance for their mutilated bodies - forever. That’s not cheap. $100’s of thousands over a lifetime, including the inevitable psychological and suicide counseling these freaks will require because their “remedy” didn’t really solve anything.
Then there are the now-accepted HIV positive servicemembers, which require $10’s of thousands per year in meds and frequent testing and treatment modification WHEN their current treatment becomes ineffective. The highly toxic meds weaken bones, heart, liver, kidneys and neurological systems, further burdening the health system for conditions which are wholly, CULPABLY acquired through immoral, reckless behavior.
Overweight only 11%?
Many retired military personnel have advised the younger members of their families to avoid joining the military.
Nearly 18,000 draftees died fighting that bull shit war in Vietnam.
True, and it was a senseless waste. I missed vietnam service by 3 years.
But that was not the point of my comment.
Thank God, my 17 year old grandson has a severe gluten allergy and a deferment from the coming draft. They don’t get this one for woke globalist cannon fodder.
Over my dead body would one of mine serve Demented Joe and his War Freaks.
and too messed up to benefit from the vaccinations to keep them alive. In fact, they may die on the battlefield from a case of COVID that overcame their non-existent immune system.
send in the drones.
55 years ago I went willingly. Today if I were young again, NO Way.
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