Senior U.S. General Says Americans Are Too Fat Or Have Criminal Records To Join The Armed Forces

Daily Mail: Too fat to fight! Four star general says Americans are too obese or criminal to join the armed forces and defend the country: Enlistment is at its lowest since after the Vietnam War 

* An Army general warns that young Americans are either too fat or criminal to join the armed services, as recruitment numbers run to historic lows 

* Lt. Gen Xavier Brunson said young people are unqualified to enlist due to obesity or pre-existing medical conditions 

* Only 23 percent of people of age to serve are physically eligible to enroll 

* The Army won't meet its 2022 recruitment goal of 485,000 - falling short by a staggering 20,000 recruits 

* Smaller recruitment numbers come after the Army announced all soldiers must receive the COVID-19 vaccine 

Recruitment numbers for the Army are at historic lows as Americans are either too fat or criminal to join the defend the country, an Army general warned. 

 Lt. Gen Xavier Brunson, the commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, theorized as to why recruitment is so low following a July statement from the Army that announced it wouldn't meet its 485,000 recruitment goal for 2022, falling short by a staggering 20,000 recruits. 

Officers across the country are failing to meet recruitment numbers as fewer youth are qualified to serve, which some blame on the COVID-19 pandemic.  

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Update #1: Army general declares Americans too fat or criminal to fight in rebuke of service leaders (Task & Purpose)  

Update #2: ‘This is an American problem’: Army officer hopes program will help with lagging recruitment (The Spokesman Review)  

WNU Editor: This is an astounding statistic .... only 23 percent of Americans of age to serve are physically eligible to enroll.