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Very quick search > A new study from the Pentagon shows that 77% of young Americans would not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overwe
by jowea 3y ago
Very quick search
> A new study from the Pentagon shows that 77% of young Americans would not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, using drugs or having mental and physical health problems.
> https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-study-shows-77-of-young-americans-are-ineligible-military-service.html https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-...
- eigenket 3y agoI mean having a bunch of overweight recruits doesn't sound like a big issue to me? Maybe you need to put them on a diet/exercise regime for a couple of months before they're physically fit enough but that doesn't sound like a huge issue if you're expecting them to serve for years or decades. Obviously physical and mental health problems are a lot more significant but I would imagine that weight is by far the factor that impacts the most people here.
- jowea 3y agoA lot more details here from page 5: https://dacowits.defense.gov/Portals/48/Documents/General%20Documents/RFI%20Docs/June2023/OPA%20RFI%201.pdf?ver=BtY_S_YG5iKf9eAwGZbzzg%3D%3D https://dacowits.defense.gov/Portals/48/Documents/General%20... Note that 44% of people are disqualified for multiple reasons. The big disqualifiers are : Overweight 35% Medical/Physical 33% Drug Abuse 32% Mental Health 25%
- mightyham 3y agoThe reality is tons of military recruits enlisted and officers have done or are doing drugs, they just lied about it, and the military doesn't care to check
- austin-cheney 3y agoArmy units are required to perform random drug testing 4 times a year.