Thread: Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
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Old June 5th, 2009, 02:11 AM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism,talk.politics.guns,alt.rush-limbaugh
Klaus Schadenfreude
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Default 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:

On Jun 3, 6:29*am, Klaus Schadenfreude
wrote:
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?

No

Yeah, I think it is. You're already a proven liar.

And a coward.