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70% of youths not fit to serve in military-obese,drugs,criminal records
Headline of The Day ^ | September 2, 2017 | T.A. Reid

Posted on 09/02/2017 3:01:49 PM PDT by buckalfa

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To: shotgun

What is ASVAB????????

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21 posted on 09/02/2017 3:56:24 PM PDT by Mears
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To: buckalfa
70 percent of today’s youth are not fit to serve in the military due to obesity or being overweight, criminal records, drug misuse or educational deficits.”

Most aren't jumping up and down to get into the military and the military doesn't want them.
seems like win-win to me.
22 posted on 09/02/2017 3:57:47 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: hal ogen

Tossers.


23 posted on 09/02/2017 4:04:08 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: dsrtsage

The trend to acquiesce to the lowest common denominator is very troubling.

We are creating a “No fault” society full of victims that can’t meet minimum standards and those standards are being compromised by a Politically Correct army of American? Communist Subverts.


24 posted on 09/02/2017 4:10:26 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: SamAdams76
And a guys can lose the weight and get in shape... just like a guy doesn't have to wear womens panties and be in the women's barracks and call himself transgender.

Problem solved!

25 posted on 09/02/2017 4:12:19 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: rktman

Military jobs are typically 40 hours/wk-just like everyone else’s. They are ON DUTY 24 hours a day. If they need to work a couple of hours a day to keep their jobs tough titty.


26 posted on 09/02/2017 4:12:32 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: shotgun

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Just hit Play and chill.

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27 posted on 09/02/2017 4:14:43 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: Mears

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery .... a test!


28 posted on 09/02/2017 4:19:06 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: TBP
There were three fatties in my BCT Company. They got to take part in our extra fitness runs every morning before the rest of the Company's normal fitness activity. Two lost a lot of fat and gained muscle. None were as fit at the end as those of us lucky “acting Jack” leaders who were tasked with getting them in shape. And of course none of us were as fit as the DI’s who did it with every BCT Company one after another.

There was a small amount of physical abuse to induce their continued participation. At the end two graduated with us, the third got recycled to an incoming BCT Company.

29 posted on 09/02/2017 4:29:13 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: Mears

is 15 a good score??


30 posted on 09/02/2017 4:34:35 PM PDT by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“Military jobs are typically 40 hours/wk-just like everyone else’s.”...

Additionally, not all are designated as “front line material (”fighters”). People as described have a place and purpose in other needed positions such as clerks, cooks, etc. HOWEVER, if ever called upon they are still military and are required to “fight” when/if necessary. Hopefully they will be up to the task.


31 posted on 09/02/2017 4:43:57 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: buckalfa

If I was eighteen years old today I would have an extensive criminal record, the were at least three of four times the police pulled me over when intoxicated, took my beer and followed me home to make sure I did not do anything stupid Not to mention the two times we were smoking pot in the parking lot of a bar and the police knocked on the window and told us we should head home ASAP <p

Today those offensives would land me in jail with a criminal record.


32 posted on 09/02/2017 4:49:19 PM PDT by Fzob (Let the saving love of Christ be the measure of our lives.)
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To: SamAdams76

DAMN RIGHT; the fat, obese, quivering, buckets of lard have just as much right to serve as people who don’t know what sex they are.


33 posted on 09/02/2017 4:50:19 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: rktman

ANY RECRUIT who says he never jerked off is a liar!


34 posted on 09/02/2017 4:53:46 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: TBP

We no longer have the draft and less than 1% serve. Young adults have difficulty getting traction with their lives and careers.

Any wonder we have these results.


35 posted on 09/02/2017 4:55:08 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: smileyface

No. 15 is a rock with lips.


36 posted on 09/02/2017 4:55:32 PM PDT by GT Vander (Life's priorities; God, Family, Country. Everything else is just details...)
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To: DIRTYSECRET; Grampa Dave
My military background had several typical workweeks depending on the unit. Our Strategic "National Asset" units operated 24 hours a day with three shifts. We called them A, B, & C tricks.

Our Operational units, (Corp & Army level support,) generally worked 12 on 12 off.

The tactical units during peace time did the 12/12 thing too. When shooting started I had everyone working, and would try to rotate a few to sleep for a few hours as I saw the need/ability. Meals were eaten at the pos.

37 posted on 09/02/2017 4:55:54 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: stylin19a

Not a big deal, we’ll just draft them when we need them and send them into the artillery barrage first.
You know, wait until the bad guys run out of shells.


38 posted on 09/02/2017 4:56:47 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: buckalfa

Not really news to me. Spent 5 years as an Army Recruiter, I could, with very little effort, disqualify 50% of an entire highschool graduating class in a matter of days. To stupid, fat, criminal background, no documents, ect....

Seems it gotten more prevalent.


39 posted on 09/02/2017 4:58:30 PM PDT by GT Vander (Life's priorities; God, Family, Country. Everything else is just details...)
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To: Mears

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).

The ASVAB is a timed multi-aptitude test, which is given at over 14,000 schools and Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) nationwide and is developed and maintained by the Department of Defense.


40 posted on 09/02/2017 5:00:02 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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