More Than 75% Of Americans Aged 17-24 Aren’t Fit For Military Service: DOD
As the US military struggles to fill the ranks with new recruits, a new report from the Department of Defense reveals that the vast majority of Americans aged 17-24 are unfit for military service.
Citing a Feb. 16 congressional hearing, a DoD report reveals that 77% of Americans in the above age group could not physically qualify to enter the armed forces – a 6% increase from 2017.
A key factor is obesity – which hit nearly 42% in 2020. Meanwhile, a 2022 study cited by the Epoch Times found a link between receiving government food assistance and a greater chance of becoming obese through the consumption of unhealthy foods. A 2015 USDA analysis found that 40% of total SNAP participants were obese.
Last month, Military.com reported on an Army initiative to whip fat, low-scoring recruits into shape in ‘pre-basic training courses.’
The program, known as the Future Soldier Preparatory Course, is designed to expand the pool of eligible Americans who can join the service by creating short camps that help applicants reach Army standards. The service came up short of its recruiting goal last year, bringing in 45,000 new active-duty troops — well below its goal of 60,000. This year, the service is even more ambitious, seeking 65,000 new recruits. -Military.com
“The Future Soldier Prep Course is giving young Americans who want to serve the chance to do so, by helping them not only meet our standards, but in many cases rise above them,” said Gen. James McConville, the Army’s top officer. “We started seeing positive results early on in the program, and I am happy to see it expand to additional installations so we can continue to attract and invest in our nation’s best talent.”
Applicants in the programs have 90 days to boost their scores or lose enough body fat to come into compliance with Army standards. So far, just 3,206 students have attended one of the courses, of which 2,965 have graduated and moved on to basic training.
A Dangerous Dilemma
In September 2022, a U.S. Army general bluntly said that young Americans are either too obese, too sick, or too criminal to serve in the military.
“Some of the challenges we have are obesity, we have pre-existing medical conditions, we have behavioral health problems, we have criminality, people with felonies, and we have drug use,” Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson told The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington.
Brunson called it a “condition,” saying that “this is not an Army problem, so nationally what we have to look at is what’s going on with our youth.”
The general’s statement came as a response to difficulties the U.S. military had reaching their target goals for recruits in 2022. This struggle, prevalent in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, has prompted security analysts and some U.S. institutions to declare obesity a threat to national security.
Obesity a Security Threat
“Each year, more than $60 million goes toward replacing the 1,200-plus first-term enlistees discharged for excess weight,” Irina Tsukerman, a security analyst and the owner of Scarab Rising, told The Epoch Times.
She said high obesity rates have narrowed the recruiting pool considerably, coupled with “falling intelligence and education standards.” She also noted that, along with reduced resiliency and flexibility, the military is less prepared to meet “asymmetrical or conventional challenges.”
Police departments struggle with similar challenges, according to Tsukerman.
“We have also seen the impact of poor fitness and obesity among police forces in urban areas,” she said. “Unfit officers facing high-risk scenarios are less likely to perform well at their jobs … the same can become a dangerous trend on the battlefield.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also classifies America’s obesity challenge as a security threat. The organization estimates that 1 in 5 children and 2 in 5 U.S. adults are now obese.
CDC statistics also show that 19 percent of active-duty service members suffered from obesity in 2020, which is up from 16 percent in 2015.
Active-duty soldiers struggling with obesity are also 33 percent more likely to suffer musculoskeletal injuries.
Lowering the Bar?
In response to this challenge, the U.S. military is adjusting its fitness requirements for some jobs, especially those that aren’t physically demanding, such as technology-based positions.
Tsukerman cautioned that lowering the bar within the U.S. military could set a dangerous precedent.
“While it is true that technical developments such as the use of UAV [unmanned aerial vehicles] and AI [artificial intelligence] have displaced some human participation in the field, much of the combat still relies on conventional human performance,” she said. “Therefore, national security directly depends on human forces being astute, situationally aware, and agile.”
Hunnes said it comes down to getting people on track with proper nutrition right out of the gate. She said healthy breakfast and lunch options for children and better nutrition for pregnant mothers is a good start to tackle obesity issues among today’s youth.
“We need communities, individuals, and governments to step up.”
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The founding fathers regularly warned of the dangers of a standing army.
So we should all breath a sigh of relief at the prospect of an army that can’t.
And
foreign
entanglements.
The Founders gave us ” The whole body of the people ” ( militia ) as a check against that. Perhaps this is yet another reason for the Kill-Jabs . To weaken the people , in silent conquest. Like softening up the beaches before invasion.
‘Destroying the Factory of Masculinity’: Reduced Sperm Motility and LNPs in the Testes
@naomirwolf
: “And they’re also harming the Leydig cells and the Sertoli cells … That’s where like masculinity itself resides. That’s what lets boys turn into teenagers. It’s secondary sex characteristics.”
And Thomas Jefferson said: ““I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
So we know where to look.
Jefferson was an anti-Federalist, God bless him, but he was willing to compromise to the degree that he wasn’t going to protest what the nouveau-aristocracy managed to get away with.
I think the greatest lie ever told Americans is that the Constitution was a victory of the Revolution.
standing? they seem to be spending more time sitting and lying down. perhaps a higher activity level would help?
April 1st Big Announcement!
The US Army infantry is now being equipped
with 100% Green Energy Transportation and Weaponry!
Recently the Army chose to go 100% green, zero carbon footprint.
In order to accomplish this, the army had to make dramatic changes to transport and food services along with massive changes in weapons and ammunition.
Most ammunition is now off limits to the military because of the environmental damage caused caused both by the manufacture and use of ammunition.
New non polluting weapons are coming online constantly. We now have the DaG(1) slingshot brigade AND an all new Analog Missile(2)brigade!
Coming online are the boiling oil and hot feces assault battalions.
Today, for travel, instead of using trucks, tanks, cars, planes, trains and other earth polluting man made devices for transportation, our military is the first in the world to go fossil fuels free.
One hundred percent of military travel is renewable.
How did they achieve this?
The military must walk to every location.
Travel across oceans is only permitted in sailing ships.
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1 David and Goliath Brigade
2Analog Missiles=Bow and Arrow.
Electric tanks and trucks and ships!!! What could go wrong? For one thing all those extention cords could get tangled up.
OK, peak stupidity must be reached with that crap.
How about a sitting army??
” . . . healthy breakfast and lunch options for children and better nutrition for pregnant mothers is a good start . . . ”
Fortunately the government has set standards and guidelines for these.
In the interest of goodwill I will assume that the people who down voted me had my (admittedly very dry) snark go over their heads.
I always liked this dude.
God smiles on him no matter his path.
That soldier in the picture is Private Pyle or his double:
If this war kicks off the mainland will be involved, no one is coming to save us…buy ammo and pray.
The 5th column enters daily across the border.
See Gab.com / Michael_Yon and @Matt_Bracken reports from Darien Gap
I think that is our fearless socalled leaders plan. Get us attacked on the mainland,and leave is as unprepared and armed as possible.
This sums it up quite nicely…
Fat woman was hit by a bullet in the gut.
The doctors say she was lucky the bullet only hit her fat and no vital organs.
“I’d been hollering how I want to lose weight…I don’t want to lose weight anymore. I want to be as big as I can if it’s going to stop a bullet.”
Apparently, this mental giant (puntended) can’t make the obvious connection that it was her fat, that got her shot. Her post story comment: “I want to be as big as I can if it’s going to stop a bullet” is something the school system should make into an inspirational classroom poster titled:
FAT: NATURE’S BULLET PROOF VEST
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And of course newspapers will feature stories like:
“A New Science Study Reveals Being Shot In One’s Fat Is Better Than Being Shot in One’s Vital Organs.”
_________
This is a huge breaking* story:
*She will break your feet if she steps on them.
The Economic Ninja’s thoughts on the drumbeat for war with China and the need for preparations.
My wild ass guess is 90% of SNAP recipients are nigs.
Then you would be truly amazed if you did a little research..
There is a ton of White Nigs out there too, no WAG just the facts.
https://brandongaille.com/welfare-statistics-by-race-state-and-payment/
You’re probably right, I’m just on the White side of things, but do shop at the local walmart….so, yeah I go by what my eyes tell me.
The white family is being destroyed by welfare programs too. When you make people think that “charity” is an “entitlement,” it becomes a mentality that destroys everything.
Send them fellers who dress like women that surly will fix everything Lol
Send them over to the Ukraine and their fearless leader will take care of them.
The guys I see that are physically fit can’t speak English.
We will win against Russia and China because NATO and Japan will help us. Between them they have 1,000,000 men battle ready at peak preparedness. That plus our 1,000,000 should be plenty. We can afford the expense as well and the Russians can’t. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Thank you for the Full Metal Jacket pic….flashback to 1987…..me and my brother are in the movie theatre laughing our asses off to Sgt. Hartman. Good times
We’re a country ran by degenerate’s and pedophiles. Burn this mother fucker to the ground and do the world a solid. And yes, I’m talking about republican’s to.
I am worried they are counting on next gen warfare, bioweapons galore, with AI psyops, including faking people disappeared or simply removed on meta etc, long enough until only the likes of us are left. Typing away in our fall out shelters.
No way they don’t know the troops are useless, must have a plan b , c and d, and killing the opposition is not the plan, millions of sick people is!
This plan has be years and years in the making, years, and they constantly tell us what’s next, their hubris convinces them whatever they do to us is okay because the alternatives, homelessness, starvation, sick children dying first, etc etc is worse than taking people out with the shot.
Scary times ahead, cannot convince my personal minister of finance it’s time to put our plan in motion, she has fallen for all of it, and will not admit her mistake.
Clemens was right, the deceived fight ferociously for their deceivers!!
Hold on partner, fags and trannies are purdy nasty, maybe they can wup dem Russkies.
Compulsory Drag Qween Happy Hour at all Pentagram installations worldwide along with lip-gloss colours-of-the-day (installation commander’s prerogative) to match uniforms will have the armed forces recruiting stations standin room only to get in. Throw in those all-expenses-paid sex-change operations; should be able to mobilize millions of happy and gay ‘Murkin warriors.
Holy Mother Russia and the Middle Kingdom will be terrified, comrades. /s
We don’t need humans for combat, we have a bizillion of those warrior robots that will open up a can o’ whoop ass on them Ruskies and Chinks. We could have the trans walk point in front of the bots just fer fun.
3 fronts, not 2. Looks like Israel is getting the green light to go after Iran. These people are bugfuck nuts.
Unfit? Naw ,our standing Army hasn’t been fit to defend our Liberty,or country for along time. No more Banker wars! No more unconstitutional Army or government!