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PJ Media: Pentagon Study: 77 Percent of Military-Age Americans Too Fat, Mentally Ill for Service
According to a recent Pentagon study, the state of America’s youth is not conducive to military service.
A Pentagon study revealed that 77 percent of young Americans do not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, drug use, or mental or physical problems.
“When considering youth disqualified for one reason alone, the most prevalent disqualification rates are overweight (11 percent), drug and alcohol abuse (8 percent), and medical/physical health (7 percent),” the Pentagon’s 2020 Qualified Military Available Study of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 read.
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Update: 77% of young Americans too fat, mentally ill, on drugs and more to join military, Pentagon study finds (American Military News).
WNU Editor: To be fair. This has been a problem for a long time. Here is a study from 2013 saying basically the same thing .... Pentagon Says More Than Half Of The US Military Is Overweight (Business Insider).