Do you think the majority of citizens are fit, mentally & physically, to serve within the combat arms of their military?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think they are

I think they are

[BeMuse]

Only about 10-15% of recruits don't pass basic... So I'd say the majority qualify on a minimum level even though 80% of the jobs in the military are non-combat occupations. Most soldiers will never see combat anyway... Only about 60% get deployed to war zones during their service and only about 10% of that 60% ever engage the enemy. It takes a lot more to fight a war today than just endless waves of foot soldiers charging occupied lines. Most combat occupations will never even be tested.

[OlderAndWiser]

Not at all! Most of us are out of shape and many of us are just too old to have the stamina needed to be a soldier.

[Iron_Man]

How would you do if you were in your 20s?

[OlderAndWiser]

@Iron_Man I ran five miles a day when I was in my twenties!

[Iron_Man]

Wow then you can handle the military as long as you can do some push ups and be Mentally disciplined and get used to being yelled at And waking up early

[Aerissa_Jade]

Not a chance, but I think a good portion would have no problem being passive aggressive to make things harder for a occupying force. I'm not talking regular military combat operations, just tactics to roads harder to travel, random shots in hit and run and hide tactics.

At least around here, in Rural America... people aren't going to just 'accept' a occupying force... they'll make their life a living hell.

[England4eva]

I think most could train, but fewer could serve.

Im part of the fewer category.

[exitseven]

No, young people today are not in good enough physical shape and are not emotionally prepared to serve in the military. In their attempt to become more liberal they are sacrificing what their primary function used to be which was to protect this country.

[exitseven]

I can remember training my ass off during the months before I went to basic training. I cannot see people doing that today.

[WindAtMyBack]

I assume you mean people of an appropriate age.

Yes, I think the majority are able to be whipped into shape. But there needs to be standards that should not be compromised. Not everyone will meet those standards.

[Screamsgutter]

Well, they lowered/changed the physical standards so more women could 'pass', while men still have to pass their original standards, so they have been compromised for a few years now. A very stupid thing to do.

[WindAtMyBack]

@Screamsgutter

Did they lower it for everyone? Or just for women? For example I was thinking that women did a different kind of push-up.

I really don't have a problem with them using lower standards for women *IF* those women are not in combat roles or other roles that require higher standards.

[Gutterscream]

Just for women, and some requirements were changed, like instead of doing a certain number of chin-ups that the men, they're allowed to 'hang' (as in dangle) for a certain length of time instead. Apparently, the ability to hang onto an obstacle is somehow the same as actually pulling yourself up and over that same obstacle.

And of course the requirements for combat roles were lowered as well, all the way to the special forces, like ranger training. I believe the UK has done the same thing.

[SimpleGuy95]

No way especially if you come from a country where most people don't know or probably never know what it's like to be soldier because they don't have anyone in their family that actually served in a war.

[NathanDavis]

in the USA? lol...

we have to defeat diabetes first... and that is not going well at all

[TommyMountainFigure]

It's a shame that ANYONE is fit to go to war. I would rather leaders who crave power hire out a warehouse, and ask anyone who wants a fight to bash each other up with their fists instead!

[SeekingVirginWife]

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[XXblack88]

No. There might be a few citizens that might surprise you but most of them That didn't go to basic training would physically and mentally fail.

[mrkdvsn]

IMHO, the best and the brightest (Christians and conservatives) are deliberately being purged from the US military, in an attempt to weaken our Armed Forces

[Iron_Man]

that’s only for athletes or trained military people that have serious training most people are out of shape even in their 20s they can’t handle all that jogging and hiking

[Avicenna]

The overwhelmingly majority are not. It’s no secret.

[Anonymous]

Probably not, then again the real question is how many of them can be forced in to shape via intensive training camps.

[cloud9vortex1234]

No, you think better and are more mentally fit when you're not overweight.

[jimmy2]

In US we have volunteers if they don't have that then draft

[exitseven]

They don;t just take anyone like the used to when I was a kid. Lots of times a kid would go before a judge and the judge would say choose between going to jail or joining the army. The kids would usually join the army. Now the Army does not want these kids anymore.

[KrakenAttackin]

Bruh, you masturbate too much on GAG.

[Asker]

What?

[OddBeMe]

No idea. Evidence that theyre not society’s best.

[bamesjond0069]

Lmfao. Need i say more?

[Waldoe]

most are either under 20 or over 50

[SaoirseS]

Without training no.

[AFretiredTXn]

No, not today.