[sparkscoffee] Re: America's Obesity Epidemic Hits The Military: 1 in 5 Recruits "Too Fat To Fight"
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- Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 14:17:05 -0400 (EDT)
Lee
Well said, I looked at it humorously, not the way you did. The only good war
was WW!!. I totally agree
with you. The latest is Ukraine, many of whom fought on Hitler's side. It is
crazy them saying they fought
against Hitler and the USSR at the same time when the Russian's was fighting so
desperately.
Comrade B
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From: Lee, NI7I <pixiehat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sparkscoffee <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, May 29, 2014 1:28 pm
Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: America's Obesity Epidemic Hits The Military: 1 in
5 Recruits "Too Fat To Fight"
I dont think it's unpatriotic to not want to participate in a "war" that
our country should not have been involved in. In my view,
our involvment in Viet Nam was just such an action. They were in
what could be called a revolution and we had no right to
take sides militarily. It is one of our duties as citizens to keep
our government within the bounds of the constitution..
Unfortunately for me, I wasnt aware of this obligation while I
"served".
Lee
On 5/29/2014 10:12 AM, (Redacted sender sblumen123@xxxxxxx for
DMARC) wrote:
Lee
So much for patriotisim in America.
Comrade B
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee, NI7I <pixiehat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sparkscoffee <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, May 29, 2014 1:10 pm
Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: America's Obesity Epidemic Hits
The Military: 1 in 5 Recruits "Too Fat To Fight"
I recall, shortly after Zumwalt (forgive the spelling) took over
as CNO, and I was in the Navy, you could get out on a "fat
discharge". They were going
after career sailors as well as us one term guys. I
remember shipmates stocking up on twinkies and doughnuts
try8ing to put on those extra pounds
in order to qualify.
Lee
On 5/29/2014 5:30 AM, Ron Ristad wrote:
Students consume almost 400 billion junk food
calories at school per year, equal to almost 2 billion candy
bars and while the epidemic of childhood obesity is not 'news'
per se - for one big employer in America, it is a major problem.
As Bloomberg Businessweek reports, the number
one reason people can’t join the military is that they’re
overweight or obese, and "still too fat to fight." The problem
is large for active service members also with over 51%
overweight (though better than the civilian population) as the
DoD alone spends an estimated $1 billion per year
for medical care associated with "weight-related health
problems."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-28/americas-obesity-epidemic-hits-military-1-5-recruits-too-fat-fight
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