Jimmc414Regular army and reserve components enlistment program: Summary of change
https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN42922-AR_601-210-000-WEB-1.pdf
When I joined the army as an infantryman back in the early 2000s there were kids who couldn’t start basic training because they weren’t capable of doing 6 pushups. 6.
I believe at the time they were allowing 38 year olds to join for the first time which seemed crazy to me. Now that I’m in my early 40s I can’t imagine going back in
If they want to draft any significant number of people, they will have to greatly lower the fitness standards.
77% of young Americans too fat, mentally ill, on drugs and more to join military, Pentagon study finds (2023)
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-america...
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-america...
