By GI Korea on December 13th, 2006 at 5:02 am

US Military Meets Recruiting Goals, Again

• Mark
  2:47 am on December 13th, 2006 1

  As long as we're in the sandbox, I suppose quantity will matter more than quality.

• GI Korea
  2:14 pm on December 13th, 2006 2

  In the last 10 years really the only difference I have seen in recruits has been belly size. Recruits coming in have been getting fatter and fatter because they are not required to pass a PT test at basic and AIT anymore. Plus kids coming into the Army now adays are not into athletics like when I was growing up. They sit and play X-box all day and then when they join the Army for many this is their first physical exercise. Thus many of them get hurt and go on profiles.

  As far as thugs, I don't think there is any more thugs now then their were 10 years ago. There is just a lot of fatter soldiers on profile than their 10 years ago. At least that's the way I see it from my foxhole.

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  5:41 am on January 5th, 2007 3

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