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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
America's military's fitness crisis: Alarm over rising obesity and number of 'skinny fat' recruits who can't pass physical tests
2023-10-09
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The US military is struggling with 'skinny fat recruits' - those who appear slim and healthy but fail mandatory fitness tests because they lack muscle mass

  • A growing number of active duty personnel are also overweight after obesity levels ballooned during the pandemic

  • Military leaders are now utilizing cutting-edge technology to assess recruits' fitness, including full body scanners that detect their total body fat
Posted by:Skidmark

#10  Except the drug mules killing hundreds of thousands a year.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-10-09 16:50  

#9  Praise the LORD for the oceans that protect us.

No foreign army on our shores since 1814.
Posted by: Tom   2023-10-09 15:18  

#8  Draft dodging with twinkies and xbox. Welcome to the 21st century.
Posted by: Angstrom   2023-10-09 14:18  

#7  I wonder what shape all those 'men of military age,' now sneaking over our southern borders, are in. They look pretty buff to me.
Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342   2023-10-09 14:10  

#6  Biden solves recruiting dilemma, creates US Army ethnic Gazookian battalions.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-10-09 12:42  

#5  For the Navy, they can’t jam an escape scuttle. That ought to be the standard.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-10-09 11:57  

#4  What percentage of young adults, no, urban young adults have never done anything athletic strenuous or had to work hard their entire lives?
Posted by: magpie   2023-10-09 11:55  

#3  ...and kill those 6 months.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-10-09 11:23  

#2  IIRC over 2/3rd of adult males are unqualified by the prior military standards. If you are going to revert to a 'draft' that is what you are going to get. Time to kill your mobilization time lines as you will need at least 6 months to a year to get these people just in shape for utilization. Of course, you can use the Russian approach of just using them as cannon fodder and skill those 6 months.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-10-09 11:22  

#1  You wanted Soy, well then you got Soy.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-10-09 11:03  

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