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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:35 AM Original message |
Overweight Youth Bad for Recruiting |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Plumpness can, and does, serve as a force shaper. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's exactly what the navy is doing with the sub force. As if fitness counts on a sub! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I used to say that until the engine room is a mile and a half from the |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. They used to take care of that in boot camp. But, hell, 40% of draftees in '41 were rejected... |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Or they could get out of Iraq & Afghanistan, then reduce the military.. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The constitution says you 'raise' an army but 'maintain' a navy. |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Well I don't think the founding fathers has submersibles and aircraft carriers in mind. |
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