Interesting article, reminiscent in a bad way of "McNamara's 100,000" - that under Robert McNamara's direction the Army dropped its standards to have more recru

Interesting article, reminiscent in a bad way of "McNamara's 100,000" - that under Robert McNamara's direction the Army dropped its standards to have more recruits; these recruits later turned out to be the most troublesome and most likely to have discipline problems; they may well have been a net loss for the Army. Also interesting that they mention calcium and iron - milk is not drunk regularly and the use of Teflon pots and pans insted of cast iron (which leaches iron slightly into the food you are cooking), plus more processed food, would mean a reduction in those elements being available. I am actually a little surprised that they are even still serving soft drinks given that some 20% or more of recruits are having problems.