U.S. Army: Recruits are fat, lazy, and stupid

it's sad to think that we've gone from citizen soldiers in WWII, to this...

Report: A Problem Finding Quality Recruits
More than 670,000 young Virginians could not join today's military because of educational, legal or physical problems, including the need to lose weight.

And that's the good news. The nation as a whole is doing worse.

Across the country, 75 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24 are unable to enlist because they failed to graduate from high school, have a criminal record or are physically unfit, according to the report.

The military is meeting its recruiting goals for now, but the poor economy is helping by not creating many private-sector jobs.

BAD NUMBERS

26 million: Raw number representing the 75 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24 who are ineligible for military service.

27 percent: Number of young Americans who are too overweight to join the military.

32 percent: That's nearly a third who have problems other than weight that would prevent them from joining.

One in 10: Number of young adults who cannot join the military due to a conviction for a felony or serious misdemeanor.

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