71% of 17-24 years olds are ineligible to join U.S. Military

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Yet the U.S. military faces increasing difficulty finding enough quality recruits to meet its already slimmed-down goals. According to the Pentagon, 71 percent of Americans age 17 to 24 are ineligible to join the military, primarily because they are too overweight or too poorly educated, or they have a record of serious crime or drug abuse.

Here’s why fighting youth obesity is a matter of national security

A retired two-star general on the intersection of obesity and military readiness.

www.militarytimes.com

This is what a crumbiling empire looks like.

 

[CopiousX]

@Dave24 things are looking real good for you. waivers are guaranteed.

 

[Wiseborn]

The crash in Testostrone levels and momma raised boys are a national security issue.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Lmao

 

[skokiaan]

Maybe these kids are just too smart to fight pointless wars...add that most are getting degrees and some type of certs making them difficult to turn into robots

 

[Cornershooter]

If I was China I would prepare and just move in about 5 years . World war 3 shyt just Chinese soldiers Parachuteing in

 

[Guile]

I'm in the Army...and more than half the army can't do a sub 16 minute 2 mile

They overstating this shyt.

 

[bigdaddy88]

@Dave24 things are looking real good for you. waivers are guaranteed.

that's kinda mean no

 

[concise]

Doesn't matter.

If Uncle Sam needed to, they'd draft all the the big people to a weight loss camp 1st before sending them out to basic training.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Maybe these kids are just too smart to fight pointless wars...add that most are getting degrees and some type of certs making them difficult to turn into robots

Lol no. It's because they're fukking fat

 

[bigdaddy88]

If I was China I would prepare and just move in about 5 years . World war 3 shyt just Chinese soldiers Parachuteing in

i mean them call of duty game have been "predicting" a chinese and russian invasion for a minute.

 

[Magic Mulatto]

It’s over…

 

[NatiboyB]

Maybe these kids are just too smart to fight pointless wars...add that most are getting degrees and some type of certs making them difficult to turn into robots

Yeah that ain’t it at all. Folks in a rush to go to school to end up working the same data entry position they could of gotten without a college degree a few years ago. To me it seems as if degrees are becoming more over inflated than of actual use for most citizens.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

If I was China I would prepare and just move in about 5 years . World war 3 shyt just Chinese soldiers Parachuteing in

Are you really scared of a grown man that weighs 150 pounds? They gotta take Taiwan first

 

[Bunchy Carter]

I'm in the Army...and more than half the army can't do a sub 16 minute 2 mile

They overstating this shyt.

I remember in middle school we had to do the fitness test where we had to run a mile in 15 mins, run the 100 meters, do pull ups, push ups, sit up and the shuttle run.