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Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1
Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up." With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp. "We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work out a program through nutrition and exercise." The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody lies," La Pointe said. Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away 48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops fighting in Afghanistan. Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air Force limit. "I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight." He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old- fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit. Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has seen the slide in fitness. "Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18 years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they are now." As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher. "It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the 17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said. Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month. Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally. Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches off my hips and then I'll be good to go." |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 2, 6:56*pm, Omega wrote:
Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up." And all that the Army's even LOOKING at her proves is that the regime got defeated in Iraq (and Afghanistan)! Average woman in America is 5'3" tall - meaning any woman 25 lbs. overweight is 20-25% overweight! Yet the Army is even considering her - because they are so desperate for troops for Iraq. http://www.Internet-Gun-Show.com - your source for hard-to-find stuff! |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 2, 12:34*pm, Gandalf Gay wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1 Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up." With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp. "We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work out a program through nutrition and exercise." The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody lies," La Pointe said. Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away 48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops fighting in Afghanistan. Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air Force limit. "I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight." He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old- fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit. Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has seen the slide in fitness. "Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18 years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they are now." As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher. "It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the 17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said. Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month. Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally. Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches off my hips and then I'll be good to go." LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of Republicans are TOO FAT. I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to shovel the food into when their foot is not in it. Laugh...laugh...laugh... TMT |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 2, 7:26*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up." All that the regime even is CONSIDERING her as a prospective soldier proves is that the regime already has been defeated in Iraq and Afghanistan. Average woman in America is 5'3" tall - so she's 20-25% overweight. That the regime is desperate enough to even consider trying to somehow get her into its military only shows that the regime is out of reasonable-quality troops. http://www.Internet-Gun-Show.com - your source for hard-to-find stuff! |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Jun 2, 12:34 pm, Gandalf Gay wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1 Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up." With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp. "We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work out a program through nutrition and exercise." The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody lies," La Pointe said. Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away 48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops fighting in Afghanistan. Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air Force limit. "I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight." He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old- fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit. Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has seen the slide in fitness. "Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18 years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they are now." As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher. "It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the 17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said. Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month. Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally. Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches off my hips and then I'll be good to go." LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of Republicans are TOO FAT. I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to shovel the food into when their foot is not in it. Laugh...laugh...laugh... TMT Those are the fat lazy out of work liberals applying for entrance into Obama's army. As evidence: Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Typical fat liberal eating bon-bons on the sofa for sport. |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
In talk.politics.guns Too_Many_Tools wrote:
"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work out a program through nutrition and exercise." The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody lies," La Pointe said. Is that why you're posting to usenet and not in uniform? |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 2, 7:26*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 2, 12:34*pm, Gandalf Gay wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1 Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up." With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp. "We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work out a program through nutrition and exercise." The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody lies," La Pointe said. Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away 48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops fighting in Afghanistan. Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air Force limit. "I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight." He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old- fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit. Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has seen the slide in fitness. "Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18 years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they are now." As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher. "It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the 17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said. Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month. Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally. Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches off my hips and then I'll be good to go." LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of Republicans are TOO FAT. I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to shovel the food into when their foot is not in it. Laugh...laugh...laugh... TMT- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The majority of service age obese teens come from inner city minority neighborhoods which by the way are overwhelmingly democrat strongholds, lol. Ragnar |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
"miguel" wrote in message ... On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:30:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jun 2, 7:26 pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote: On Jun 2, 12:34 pm, Gandalf Gay wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1 Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up." With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp. "We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work out a program through nutrition and exercise." The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody lies," La Pointe said. Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away 48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops fighting in Afghanistan. Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air Force limit. "I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight." He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old- fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit. Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has seen the slide in fitness. "Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18 years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they are now." As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher. "It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the 17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said. Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month. Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally. Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches off my hips and then I'll be good to go." LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of Republicans are TOO FAT. I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to shovel the food into when their foot is not in it. Laugh...laugh...laugh... TMT- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The majority of service age obese teens come from inner city minority neighborhoods which by the way are overwhelmingly democrat strongholds, lol. Why is this funny? t_m_t is an idiot So naturally, like an idiot, he laughs for all the wrong reasons at all the wrong places.. |
Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 3, 11:02*am, miguel wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:30:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jun 2, 7:26*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote: On Jun 2, 12:34*pm, Gandalf Gay wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1 Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over the Army's weight limit. Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling daily exercise regimen. "If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up.." With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp. "We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work out a program through nutrition and exercise." The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody lies," La Pointe said. Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away 48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops fighting in Afghanistan. Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air Force limit. "I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight." He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old- fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit. Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has seen the slide in fitness. "Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18 years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they are now." As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher. "It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the 17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said. Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month. Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally. Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches off my hips and then I'll be good to go." LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of Republicans are TOO FAT. I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to shovel the food into when their foot is not in it. Laugh...laugh...laugh... TMT- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The majority of service age obese teens come from inner city minority neighborhoods which by the way are overwhelmingly democrat strongholds, lol. Why is this funny?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It’s funny on the basis that the individual I was responding to was assuming that only Republicans serve in the military and that they are all fat, when in reality the majority of obese service age teens come from traditionally democratic voting blocks. Sorry you didn’t see the irony in it or find it amusing. Ragnar |
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