"Too fat to fight"

[techs]

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...cans-too-fat-to-fight-and-a-security-threat/1

Report: 9M young Americans 'too fat to fight,' a security threat.

Obesity is the leading reason young Americans are rejected for military service, and that's a threat to national security, according to a new report by retired generals and admirals. They call for legislation to make school lunches healthier and banning junk foods and high-calorie drinks from campuses.


The study, "Too Fat to Fight," found that more than 9 million Americans between ages 17 and 24 — more than 25% of the age group — are too overweight for the armed forces. The study cited research showing that students get up to 40% of their daily calorie intake at school and that 80% who were overweight when they were 10 to 15 years old were obese by 25.

"We believe that the child obesity issue is so serious it has become a threat to our national security," said retired Lt. Gen. Norman Seip of the research by Mission: Readiness, a non-profit group of more than 130 retired admirals, generals and other senior military leaders.



Take this post with a grain of salt. And a pound of bacon.

 

[Tristicus]

Mhm bacon...

 

[destrekor]

Sweet.

If something happens to this country in the next 20 years, say the downfall due to lackluster armed forces, I'm blaming fatties. The dirty hippies too, but definitely the fatties.
And I'll go on a hippie-fatty hunt. They better hope this never happens. They're easy to find, you can smell the fat hippies a mile away.

 

[datalink7]

I'm a company commander for a recruiting company (for the Army) right now and I can tell you that this and education levels are the two biggest issues right now. Actually only about 1 in 10 Americans are fully qualified to join (and of course not every one of those 1 in 10 want to join).

 

[punjabiplaya]

That's why we can replace them with robots. Robots can't get fat, but I'm sure America will find a way for that to happen.

 

[sandorski]

1000 Years into the future

History of Civilizations 101

Prof: As we learned last week, while Nero fiddled, Rome burnt. This week we explore a similar ending, an ending we will call: Jim Bob ate Doritos, while Washington went adios.

 

[Anubis]

9m people who wouldn't have joined the services anyway

 

[skace]

This study seems too late, haven't we already made a lot of changes in schools?

 

[disappoint]

That's why we can replace them with robots. Robots can't get fat, but I'm sure America will find a way for that to happen.

Put more armor and more batteries in the robots for longer duty= fat robots.

 

[her209]

When the zombies come, all the fatties will be the first to go. I learned this from Zombieland.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

What is "fat" according to military? My brother was in the marines for 6 years. He was
6' 5'', 205lbs, and 7% bodyfat. But the GD marine corps had his ass in remedial PT for 3 years straight because they determine whether you are appropriately fit based on height/weight table. Nevermind that my brother could outrun his whole squad any given day of the week. Mf'er was too fat according to the marines.

No disrespect to our fighting men and women. But the corps and other branches of service need to update their regs in certain areas.

 

[datalink7]

What is "fat" according to military? My brother was in the marines for 6 years. He was
6' 5'', 205lbs, and 7% bodyfat. But the GD marine corps had his ass in remedial PT for 3 years straight because they determine whether you are appropriately fit based on height/weight table. Nevermind that my brother could outrun his whole squad any given day of the week. Mf'er was too fat according to the marines.

No disrespect to our fighting men and women. But the corps and other branches of service need to update their regs in certain areas.

Depends on your age. But say for 17-21 year olds there is a certain weight limit for height. If you are over that weight they check body fat percentage. Maximum is 22%. So if you "fail" weight but make body fat, you are fine. At least for the Army, your brother wouldn't have had a problem.

 

[Phoenix86]

Hopefully by the time the fatties are needed they will be piloting remote thingies anyways. Of course this means the Koreans will own our asses anyways. 😉

 

[xanis]

Obesity is hardly a threat to national security, but I'm definitely fine with rejecting enlistment from overweight individuals. If you're overweight, you're obviously not in top physical shape, which is something (at least that I think) is pretty crucial for serving in the military.