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Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
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...but is likely why you are here. Very likely. TMT |
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Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Basil Butt Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 3, 10:15*pm, wrote:
On Jun 3, 10:52*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote: On Jun 3, 8:30*am, 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. Ragnar You are wrong. How else would the military be overwhelmingly Republican if they were not Republican to begin with? I think the oath changes some people. *Gives them a sense of purpose. And that tends to make them conservative. Unfortunately, the politicians of the republican party gave up conservatism. Of course we due note that in this last election the military voted for Obama...they were so disgusted with the Republican Party. We due? *Would you mind breaking it out by regular, reserve, and guard? Did you know that the military have a name for the disgusting overweight Republican body type...they call it Basil Butt. TMT What would you know of the military? The Oath does nothing. It is the person who is or is not everything. We see every day here. Obama won...McCain lost. TMT |
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Would-Be Soldiers have Basil Butt, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Basil Butt Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 4, 7:25*am, "Basil Karlo" wrote:
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Jun 3, 8:30 am, 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. Ragnar You are wrong. How else would the military be overwhelmingly Republican if they were not Republican to begin with? Of course we due note that in this last election the military voted for Obama...they were so disgusted with the Republican Party. Did you know that the military have a name for the disgusting overweight Republican body type...they call it Basil Butt. TMT If you stopped licking at my butt, you wouldn't have all that Basil Breath! That is not me but your mother...as you have told us before. TMT |
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Would-Be Soldiers have Basil Butt, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Basil Butt Recruits Since 2005
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Jun 4, 7:25 am, "Basil Karlo" wrote: "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message ... On Jun 3, 8:30 am, 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. Ragnar You are wrong. How else would the military be overwhelmingly Republican if they were not Republican to begin with? Of course we due note that in this last election the military voted for Obama...they were so disgusted with the Republican Party. Did you know that the military have a name for the disgusting overweight Republican body type...they call it Basil Butt. TMT If you stopped licking at my butt, you wouldn't have all that Basil Breath! That is not me but your mother...as you have told us before. TMT Yes, you are right. Your fat-assed, liberal, fecal covered dildo sucking mothers (both of them) have been forcing you to lick my Basil Butt to cure your halitosis. It didn't really work at all, but it gave me a bad case of hemorrhoids. It feels nice and cooling when you lick them though, Basil Breath TMT. Don't stop licking them TMT! Ooh That feels good when you lick my 'roids TMT! Don't stop licking my butt TMT! OOh! OOH! Ahh! THANKS TMT! OK, now get out. |
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Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to TurnAway 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
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...but is likely why you are here. Very likely. TMT Say, Klaus, have you noticed that the coward "tmt" has stopped asking for Peters to post his address?? Do you think he believes that people will FORGET he's a cowardly hump?? LOL!! |
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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. |
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Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005
In talk.politics.guns Tim Miller
wrote: 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...but is likely why you are here. Very likely. TMT Say, Klaus, have you noticed that the coward "tmt" has stopped asking for Peters to post his address?? Do you think he believes that people will FORGET he's a cowardly hump?? LOL!! I noticed. E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y-'-S noticed. [chuckle] |
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Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Basil Butt Recruits Since 2005
On Jun 4, 7:13*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 3, 10:15*pm, wrote: On Jun 3, 10:52*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote: On Jun 3, 8:30*am, 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. |
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