June 17th
I was reading last week that the military is purging a
large number of soldiers, sailors, airmen from their ranks, as the wars wind
down, and we cut and run. Also the president in a national address stated that the
“war on terror” is over and we only have to deal with a few malcontents on case
by case operations. I am sure that the jihadist did not get that memo but
denial and bullshit wins out these days.
So what the
best way to get rid of the excess military manpower? Past practice in other
wars, has been tighten up standards and regulations.(piss them off with chicken
shit) In war you need all the swinging
dicks you can keep, so when there is some undesirable behaviors like drugs,
alcohol, poor fitness and sex abuse, are generally overlooked. Also fitness
standards are also relaxed so, many fatten up to become future candidates for
the “biggest Looser” program, are also given a pass.
Back to culling the herd.
The Army is
now releasing 15,000 soldiers for not meeting fitness standards. They are
overweight or out of shape to pass the general fitness test(APFT) and increased
BMI. My first question is; why did you let this go too far in allowing your
troops to get out of shape by not constant monitoring and apporperate
leadership to maintain standards? ( I guess You needed a lot of warm bodies at
the front like Stalingrad) Most lightly these are good solders that just did
not spend enough time keeping somewhat fit and got caught up in the end of war
purges.
It’s a fact
that the military jobs are for the most part like civilian jobs, only a few
require high levels of fitness, to perform your job classification. Think about
yourself being a “drone” operator, sitting hours watching a monitor with a “joy
stick” operation as your only body movement. The opposite end of the military
jobs are your sec ops warrior personnel like SEAL’s and Rangers which require
much higher fitness levels than even the APFT don’t begin to address, is much
too weak for those jobs. Then there is
the stress and routine of war operations; basically eat,fight,sleep,and eat
some more day after day.
I can recall being on an Aircraft carrier
during Nam war, and operating 24-7, for months, in an endless routine of 4 on 4
off watch’s. You woke up to eat before watch and eat after you got off. I gain
50 lbs in one year, even having a very physical job, but we had no time to
exercise and we all ate like fucking pigs! Like most military at the time of
enlistment, you were out of shape physically but you were not that overweight.
I entered that Navy at 150lbs and 7 years later left the military (on my normal
discharge date) at 240lbs. The military at the time was also winding down, but
my skill sets were unique and they did not care if I weighted 400 lbs as long
as I could perform your profession. Yes, I gained a lot of weight over my
enlistment, I fault my poor uneducated eating habits or food selections for my
weight gain, but today the nutritional education is much improved but few
comply and divert to hedonism.
So it real easy to purge 15,000 overweight soldiers or out
of shape to reduce manpower, without taking responsibility for how they got
that way.
Eat responsibly and exercise or you will become fat fuck weather in war or
civil life!
The mission is sacred.
Ken
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