being a US soldiers is on the fast track to being killed fighting for another country's security.
On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 8:30:29 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > Dr. Eowyn posted: "Reblogged from Consortium of Defense Analysts. Michael > Cook reports for MercatorNet, Nov. 9, 2015, that in a 2009 report, Ready, > Willing, And Unable To Serve, more than 450 retired generals and admirals > in a lobby group called Mission Readiness conclud" Respond to this post > by replying above this line > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> 70% of U.S. youth are > too fat, uneducated, and criminal to serve in military > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/12/04/70-of-u-s-youth-are-too-fat-uneducated-and-criminal-to-serve-in-military/> > by > Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> > > Reblogged from *Consortium of Defense Analysts > <https://cofda.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/70-of-u-s-youth-are-too-fat-uneducated-and-criminal-to-serve-in-militaryt/>.* > > [image: childhood obesity rates of U.S., China, Japan, So. Korea & India] > <https://cofda.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/childhood-obesity-rates-of-u-s-china-japan-so-korea-india.jpg> > > Michael Cook reports for *MercatorNet* > <http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/too-fat-to-fight/17146>, Nov. > 9, 2015, that in a 2009 report, *Ready, Willing, And Unable To Serve > <http://www.missionreadiness.org/2009/ready_willing/>*, more than 450 > retired generals and admirals in a lobby group called Mission Readiness > <http://www.missionreadiness.org/> concluded that young Americans are > “too fat to fight” and that “The best aircraft, ships and satellite-guided > weaponry alone will not be enough to keep our country strong”. > > According to the report: > > Startling statistics released by the Pentagon show that *75 percent of > young people ages 17 to 24 are currently unable to enlist in the United > States military. Three of the most common barriers for potential recruits > are failure to graduate high school, a criminal record, and physical > fitness issues, including obesity.* > > That was in 2009. Alas, nothing has changed since. > > Mission Readiness 2014 report, *Retreat is Not an Option > <http://missionreadiness.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/MR-NAT-Retreat-Not-an-Option2.pdf>*, > > found that: > > *Obesity is one of the main reasons why more than 70 percent of young > Americans are unable to serve in today’s military.* This includes young > adults in families with generations of military service, and others who > have the critical skills our military needs but cannot join simply because > of too many extra pounds. > > There are 3 reasons for why 75% of young Americans are unfit to serve in > the U.S. military: > > 1. *Inadequate education*: About 25% of young Americans lack a high > school diploma. Even those who have one, many are substandard at reading > and mathematics, which explains why as many as 30% of potential recruits > with a diploma fail the Armed Forces Qualification Test. > 2. *Criminal records:* About 10% of young U.S. adults are disqualified > because they have had at least one prior conviction for a felony or > serious > misdemeanour. According to the Pew Center on the States, “One in 30 > [American young] men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars.” > 3. *Obesity and other health problems*: 27% of young Americans are too > fat to join the military. Many never even try to join. But of those who > do, > 15,000 fail their entrance physicals every year because they are too fat. > Another 32% of all young people have other disqualifying health problems > –asthma, eyesight or hearing problems, mental health issues, or recent > treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In total, *half > of young U.S. adults cannot join because of health problems.* > > Study after study show that the best early education program is a stable > home with a loving mother and father. But the Obama administration's > Pentagon, instead of realising that young Americans need the strength and > security that comes from intact biological families, recommend > <http://www.missionreadiness.org/about-us/> the usual government solution > -- better early education programs, better school meals, and better > physical education programs. What the Pentagon refuses to say for > politically correct reasons, is that America’s national security is at risk > because America’s families are dysfunctional. > > This is emphasized by a 2014 report by Brad Wilcox and Robert I. Lerman > for the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Family Studies, > which concluded that: > <http://www.nationalreview.com/article/391448/what-intact-family-has-do-american-dream-six-charts-w-bradford-wilcox-robert-i-lerman> > > “what is largely missing from the public conversation about economics in > America is an honest discussion of the family factor. The retreat from > marriage … plays a key role in the changing economic fortunes of American > family life. *Growing up with both parents (in an intact family) is > strongly associated with more education, work, and income* among today’s > young men and women.” > > And they make better soldiers, too. > > Retired Rear Admiral James Barnett said, “Our national security in the > year 2030 is absolutely dependent upon what is going on in pre-kindergarten > today.” In healthy families, kids learn to respect authority, value > education and take responsibility for their health. They learn how to > cooperate and to work as a team. They build a stronger moral sense. And all > this costs the taxpayer nothing, unlike the government-funded programs > recommended by the retired generals and admirals. > > But after two generations of me-centred marriages and unstable families, > America’s human capital increasingly is degraded. The introduction of > same-sex marriage would only accelerate the process. As *The Economist > <http://www.economist.com/node/21676778/>* says about the challenges > ahead: “*The result is that America may be unable*, within reasonable > cost limits and without reinstituting the draft, *to raise the much > bigger army it might need for such wars.*” > > At the moment, the Pentagon relies upon a weak job market to lure young > men and women into the services. But it worries and should worry about what > will happen when the economy eventually picks up. > > Lastly, America's obese young are not just bad for the military, they > constitute a looming national health crisis. > > *Time* <http://time.com/4105708/obesity-8-year-olds-hearts/> magazine > reports that researchers at a recent American Heart Association annual > meeting in Florida warned that *excess weight in children can lead to > potentially harmful changes in the hearts of kids as young as 8.* > > Linyuan Jing, a post doctoral fellow from the Geisinger Health System, and > her colleagues studied 20 obese children—i.e., those with a body mass index > over 35, whereas a healthy range is 18.5 to 25—and 20 normal-weight > children. All had MRIs of their hearts. > > The researchers found that obese children: > > 1. *have 12% thicker heart muscle overall compared to the > normal-weight children. *Thicker heart muscle means the heart is > working harder to pump blood. Previous studies have linked thickened heart > muscle in adults to premature death from heart-related causes. > 2. *show 27% thicker left ventricles*, the chamber of the heart > responsible for pumping blood to the body. > 3. show signs of *having less cardiac muscle contractility*, which is > a possible *early sign of decreased heart function*. > > Jing said, “It’s surprising to see evidence of heart disease among eight > year olds. Because that implies that children younger than eight could have > signs of heart disease as well.” > > -StMA > *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | December > 4, 2015 at 4:48 am | Tags: 75% of U.S. youth unfit for military service > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=75-of-u-s-youth-unfit-for-military-service>, > > Admiral James Barnett > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=admiral-james-barnett>, American > family is endangered > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=american-family-is-endangered>, Brad > Wilcox <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=brad-wilcox>, childhood > obesity rates of USA > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=childhood-obesity-rates-of-usa>, > Linyuan > Jing <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=linyuan-jing>, Mission > Readiness <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=mission-readiness>, obese > children show early signs of heart disease > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=obese-children-show-early-signs-of-heart-disease>, > > Retreat is Not an Option > <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=retreat-is-not-an-option>, Robert > I. 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