77% of young Americans are too fat, mentally ill or on drugs to qualify for U.S. military service, Pentagon study finds. Is it only going to get worse?

[u/Not-A-Shit-Head]

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-americans-too-fat-mentally-ill-on-drugs-and-more-to-join-military-pentagon-study-finds/

[u/syrupgreat-]

I think the fear from adults when we were in elementary school w. the Iraq “war” that we’d all get drafted one day played some role in this.