136 "77% of young Americans would not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, using drugs or having mental and physical health problems" - This is a national disgrace! A person has a DUTY to earn a living for his family or defend them, barring true disability. (www.military.com) posted 1 year ago by ArmyLady 1 year ago by ArmyLady +136 / -0 Even More Young Americans Are Unfit to Serve, a New Study Finds. Here's Why. The updated figures paint a picture of what is currently plaguing military recruiters in many of the service branches, with a shrinking pool of potential service members available to them. 37 comments share 37 comments share save hide report block hide replies
It’ll be up to us veterans to defend the country in the future and perhaps a handful of present day military men/women they don’t manage to sully.
Quite honestly, if we stopped being the world's babysitter and police, we would only need a small fraction of the military personnel we have today.
And station the bulk of them on the southern border and that's another problem dealt with.
True, that: