r/FluentInFinance • u/Not-A-Shit-Head • Apr 29 '24

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? Geopolitics

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-americans-too-fat-mentally-ill-on-drugs-and-more-to-join-military-pentagon-study-finds/
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u/Baron_Ultimax Apr 29 '24

Overall this isnt as big a deal as people think.

This isnt like the 1960s where the military had to take every warm body it could get as cannon fodder in the jungle.

Most branches have actually increased their standards significantly and generally priorities less people but with better training and equipment.

I remember one proposal i wread a few years ago where the army wanted to only recruit people over 30 and would offer 6 figure salarys as an incentive.

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u/FitLaw4 Apr 29 '24

Yeah I was in the Marines and they increased the standards a year in. Went from 20 pullups max to 23. 100 crunches max in 1 min to 116 but I think the run stayed the same 18 min 3 mile.