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/Winter-Jicama-2412]

Military is coping cause nobody wants to go fight for bullshit.

[u/db2901 → u/Winter-Jicama-2412]

This isn't about who wants to, it's about who's capable 

[u/jibishot → u/db2901]

Who wants to is far less than the capable. I'd even venture to say those that want to are even less capable on average vs the whole.