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Melon

(1,705 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:55 PM Sep 2025

You can't be considered fit for the military and be fat.

That part makes sense. We have a huge obesity problem in the YS and most kids no longer qualify since they are out of shape.

Taking low score kids is an issue. That was proven during lowering of scores during the Vietnam war.

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