Fit To Serve? Most Young Adults Aren't

[Jim]

Fit To Serve? Most Young Adults Aren't

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2008
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(CBS) Summer, when school is over, is the military’s prime recruiting time. But when the Army goes looking for young people to enlist, says Gen. William Wallace, it runs into an astounding fact.

“About 28 percent of them, based on our analysis, are fully qualified for military service,â€

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The evidence says our children are getting weaker, both mentally and physically.

And fatter. I saw a story on the news the other night that claimed 40% of our youth fit in either the obese or grossly obese catagories.