The new recruits are actually a best-case scenario - going more than a decade back, ~75% of potential recruits that wanted to sign up were rejected for being cl

The new recruits are actually a best-case scenario - going more than a decade back, ~75% of potential recruits that wanted to sign up were rejected for being clinically obese. Of the 25% left, a significant portion could not complete the first physical test. The test is one minute each of sit-ups, push-ups, and a one-mile run. This [0] was linked up-thread and touches on increasing injury rates that the US army has worked to get down [0] https://invid.xethos.net/watch?v=sWN13pKVp9s https://invid.xethos.net/watch?v=sWN13pKVp9s