Posted on Jul 16, 2015
Pool of potential enlistees is shrinking - due to obesity - any suggestions?
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Almost 1/3 of young adults are too overweight to even be considered for military service. This hampers our readiness, puts even more pressure on recruiters, and has over the years has caused our leaders to modify some entrance standards. How can we address this so that our military continues to have a plentiful pool of candidates?
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/15/report-nearly-1-in-3-young-adults-too-fat-for-military/30178023/
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/15/report-nearly-1-in-3-young-adults-too-fat-for-military/30178023/
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Great ad by the American Heart Association and Funny or Die that relates directly to this topic. "French fries are practically salads...that's why I like mine with ranch!"
http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/9njy
http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/9njy
Nick Offerman shows how easy it is to provide kids with healthy, farm-fresh snacks like pizza, taquitos, and fish sticks harvested straight off the vine.
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Even more is the leadership who is dismantling our readiness We can fix fat !
We can't fix coward !!!!
We can't fix coward !!!!
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Yeah.. take the fork out of their mouths and get their asses off the couch and do something. Walk with a purpose, get motivated... blah blah blah.. stop eating shit for food. Kick yourself in the ass and be a man.. Or is that a He/She today? Stop playing into peoples whinneyness.. is that a word? And hold them accountable to their commitment. If not.. don't waist your time on them. Your better off without them. Life sucks.. so make some lemon aide out of it. Why? Because there is no Google Ap for cracking a book, looking in the mirror and realizing your a fat pig.
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Today young not all but most are inactive an have bad eating habits most schools dont have gym class anymore, most of the older generation played outside all day and were very active
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This should remind us that if we are parents, this is something to be aware of. Be knowledgeable about what your family is eating, how active everyone is. Now, outside your family, if you run in the neighborhood and notice a younger person trying to be fit-maybe offer to be their running mate. We are all taxpayers, and we all pay something if our population keeps going in this direction.
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Too much to explain in this post but I could fix this within one year and make it so it is not a problem anymore.
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We might have to provisionally enlist them, contingent on their losing the weight in special fitness camps.
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How about a mandatory two year enlistment that would be served within US boarders (No over seas deployment) They can attend collage while learning discipline and respect! Things they don't learn at home or during college these days ... At the end of two years they can either continue on with a military career or college ...
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I have talked about this before on other forums, You could start with a weight waiver if it is with in a different set of reg's for this situation, But I believe that each branch needs to extend their boot camp by 1 month, that last month is no more then P.T., nutrition/health classes and real life (branch specific) training or familiarization with every day tasks, items that they would normally become familiar with over time when they report to their duty station, this way they can hit the ground running.
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Shrinking due to obesity? ...... ???... Sounds like a case of government intelligence to me.
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