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Inside the REAL boot camp: US Army expands scheme to get flabby, low-grade wannabes into shape and into uniforms, after last year's dismal 15,000 recruitment dropoff
2023-01-12
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Students have 90 days to lose weight, or they're out

  • They flail around fields with kettle balls in a strict weight-loss regimen

  • Dieticians, physical therapists, and athletics coaches help them shed pounds

  • So far, more than 90 percent of applicants have graduated on to basic training

  • Only 23 percent of young Americans are smart or fit enough to join the Army
    I think they mean and here, not or.
  • Low quality applicants and a lively job market made 2022 a bad recruitment year
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  ...or the Swamp.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-01-12 17:29  

#10  I'm 63, could not pass the PT but not gross. The issue is, I would fight for my country, but not under Darth Lunch.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-01-12 16:58  

#9  Scary that at almost 70 and no military service I have a better chance of qualifying for military service than the average 18 year old. (Of course the DIs would have problems dealing with me…)
Posted by: Glenmore    2023-01-12 16:54  

#8  
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-01-12 16:37  

#7  I don't know but I been told
Some these recruits got two holes...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-01-12 12:58  

#6  Let me introduce your drill instructor, Sgt Richard Simmons.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-01-12 12:54  

#5  "We might have fewer wars that way."

Tis not the way wars work, dear Herman.
Posted by: mossomo   2023-01-12 12:32  

#4  
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-01-12 11:06  

#3  Uhem, Boot Camp implies one cannot wear pumps.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-01-12 10:45  

#2  You want better quality recruits? Shut down the student loan program and tell them they can get their college money via the GI Bill.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-01-12 07:21  

#1  It's actually good that recruitment has problems. We might have fewer wars that way. It's worth a shot.
Posted by: Herman Hapsburg8987   2023-01-12 03:42  

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