A Pentagon study revealed that 77 percent of young Americans do not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, drug use, or
Yeah, in times of need they just lower their standards. There are always more men (and they are overwhelmingly men) available.
During Vietnam there was a shortage of men, too. Defense secretary McNamara had the brilliant idea of allowing hillbillies, rednecks, and other low-IQ men into the army. They were called "McNamara's Morons" and were totally unsuitable. They couldn't do the jobs to which they were assigned and got a lot of Americans killed. They got themselves killed at high rates, too. But hey, the war machine got the bodies it needed, so the program worked. All praise to the genius who came up with the idea. Afterwards the US military refused to accept anyone with an IQ of 84 or below.
Yeah, in times of need they just lower their standards. There are always more men (and they are overwhelmingly men) available.
During Vietnam there was a shortage of men, too. Defense secretary McNamara had the brilliant idea of allowing hillbillies, rednecks, and other low-IQ men into the army. They were called "McNamara's Morons" and were totally unsuitable. They couldn't do the jobs to which they were assigned and got a lot of Americans killed. They got themselves killed at high rates, too. But hey, the war machine got the bodies it needed, so the program worked. All praise to the genius who came up with the idea. Afterwards the US military refused to accept anyone with an IQ of 84 or below.