i can't say that i am sad that the US army missed its recruiting goal for June, the second month in a row. i don't know how anyone would want to join the army right now, but that is an old old argument. what i found most interesting was this fact.
"Colonel Baggio said that — aside from those conflicts — recruiting had been hurt by the fact that 7 in 10 potential recruits in their late teens and early 20s do not meet Army standards, largely because they are too heavy or failed to graduate from high school."
70% is madness. And where do you go in life after you thought. "Well? I'm going to join the army." Then the army responds: "Sorry, you're to fat or uneducated." If we want the army to grow stop recruiting immigrants with promises of citizenship and stop granting exceptions for criminals - just promote teenage fitness. FULL ARTICLE
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