75 Percent of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Duty |
| *Janette* |
 Nov 4 2009, 06:06 PM
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QUOTE The latest Army statistics show a stunning 75 percent of military-age youth are ineligible to join the military because they are overweight, can't pass entrance exams, have dropped out of high school or had run-ins with the law. So many young people between the prime recruiting ages of 17 and 24 cannot meet minimum standards that a group of retired military leaders is calling for more investment in early childhood education to combat the insidious effects of junk food and inadequate education. story Thoughts? |
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Nov 4 2009, 06:43 PM
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 I'm Jc  Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
i think it's sad/messed up that 75 percent of them fit into the overweight/dropout/criminal category. that in itself is disturbing. but as far as the connection to the military i don't have much feeling towards that. i'm not like oh no!!!! our children are too fat and dumb to ship to another country to be killed!! but then i have this whole issue with the military recruiting high school students and junk anyway.
aka i think this stuff needs to be addressed, but not solely for the sake of the military. |
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Janette 75 Percent of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Duty Nov 4 2009, 06:06 PM
karmakiller Damn, kids are ill fit when it comes to health, ed... Nov 4 2009, 07:08 PM
Beenly QUOTE(karmakiller @ Nov 4 2009, 05:08 PM)... Nov 4 2009, 07:39 PM karmakiller ^ Yeah, I keep hearing about funding getting cut f... Nov 4 2009, 07:52 PM HeartOfPandora Cool, I've never been in a majority before. Nov 4 2009, 07:55 PM brooklyneast05 QUOTE(HeartOfPandora @ Nov 4 2009, 06:55 ... Nov 4 2009, 08:10 PM HeartOfPandora QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Nov 4 2009, 07:10 ... Nov 4 2009, 10:41 PM brooklyneast05 for real i don't think P.E. matters either. it... Nov 4 2009, 08:36 PM IWontRapeYou All PE does is destroy self confidence and self es... Nov 4 2009, 08:43 PM brooklyneast05 P.E. IS FUN! Nov 4 2009, 08:46 PM IWontRapeYou NUH UHHH. They just brain washed you into thinking... Nov 4 2009, 08:49 PM brooklyneast05 nah i really liked it. i had fun in there. their b... Nov 4 2009, 08:52 PM Beenly to be honest, i only liked p.e. because of the loc... Nov 4 2009, 09:04 PM IWontRapeYou QUOTE(Beenly @ Nov 4 2009, 08:04 PM) to b... Nov 4 2009, 11:08 PM brooklyneast05 my feet are flat Nov 4 2009, 11:15 PM HeartOfPandora Does you has scoliosis, too? o: Nov 4 2009, 11:21 PM brooklyneast05 no i don't
DAMN IS THERE ANYONE BESIDES ME ... Nov 4 2009, 11:30 PM IWontRapeYou QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Nov 4 2009, 10:30 ... Nov 4 2009, 11:48 PM synkiro phys ed was my favorite class mang ;o
and phys ed... Nov 5 2009, 03:25 AM COPE2 good thing the 25% are doing their fair share of k... Jul 12 2010, 12:01 PM saintsaens 75% eh? so what's 75% of the population of ame... Jul 12 2010, 02:30 PM serotonin you're a terrible article Jul 12 2010, 03:03 PM |
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