8 out of 10 Americans between ages 17 and 24 are ineligible for military service, mostly due to obesity, medical issues, and criminal records.

[basquebromance]

Buried lede in this piece. if i didn't drink so much coffee, i wouldn't be so fat myself, i'm 34

Dropping the SATs Hurts Poor Kids

Columbia is the first Ivy League university to abandon standardized tests in the name of ‘equity.’ It's disadvantaged students like me who will suffer.

www.thefp.com

 

[Donald H]

This begs the question on whether a large army is even necessary in the 21st. century. I'm not so sure anymore that it's not.

 

[Mr Natural]

Back in the day, all you needed was a pulse to be enslaved into the military.