Pentagon Pete Fires ‘Fat’ Soldiers as War on Weight Rages

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The recruiting crisis in the US military is pretty bad.

The funniest example is 24M$ the national guard spent in 2012 on recruiting at nascar. This generated 24,800 prospective recruits. ~$1000 per interested recruit. Not bad. Of those, 20 were eligible to join. 99.99% unfit for service. Of those 20, all declined to join. There's no evidence that the 88M$ spent on nascar between 2011-2013 generated a single recruit.

This is part of why the exclusion of trans folks, women and others from the military is such an own goal for the fascists. Any potential recruiting pool that's closed hastens the decline of our imperial supremacy.

“Unfit for service”

“Trans”

Same thing.

But yes, we need America to get healthier, but mentally and physically.

Do you have credentials and research data to back your opinion?
20 years active duty military and 5 combat deployments in the Infantry. Good enough?
Gonna be hard to convince anyone you’re not lying with your attitude ITT
Cool, what should happened to people you deem to be Nazi Fascists?
They should be banned from Lemmy. Luckily, they typically are.
And in the real world?
We’ll find out. I’ve reported your transphobic comments and they got removed. Only a matter of time before you’re banned. There is a reason every comment you make is downvoted by everyone who reads it, fascists are not welcome here. You won’t last long. In the meantime I won’t have to read your bigoted angry accusations because your ass is getting blocked.
Cool, so you’re just a whackjob, got it.