UK Sun- Staggering number of troops are too obese for combat
Of the military’s 147,300 service personnel, 40,063 were at “increased, high or very high risk” of ill health owing to their weight in the past year.
UK Sun- Staggering number of troops are too obese for combat
Of the military’s 147,300 service personnel, 40,063 were at “increased, high or very high risk” of ill health owing to their weight in the past year.
Shrug. How many of the 147,300 are “combat” personnel? 10 percent? 5 percent?
The majority is composed of lard-arsed paper-pushers and fart-sniffers.
There is a theory in the military that everyone should be able to protect themselves. You shouldn’t need infantry to protect the lard asses. The lard asses should be able to set up an effective defense and save the day. Every photo of the Canadian military nowadays is loaded with disgusting fatbodies. It wasn’t that way 40-50 years ago. I wasn’t infantry and I could run a few miles barely breaking a sweat.
It’s a Canadian military policy that every service member is a soldier. And as most policies it’s bullshit. They will give you 30 rounds every few years to be proficient with a firearm. That fall apart on the range – looking at you Browning HP.
at least they mirror the nation at large (pun intended)
One member of the Armed Forces lost his own battle of the bulge when he was medically discharged weighing 26st 3lb.
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14 lbs per stone +3 lb.
Good God! 367 pounds. That’s not just a personal discipline problem. Whoever was commanding officer on this individual should have had them running laps and various other activities while monitoring meals. That’s ridiculous and a failure up the command.
Chancellor Bismarck of Germany when asked what would he do if the British Army attacked:
“I’d call the police,”
OTOH … those obese soldiers can be wheeled out and used as IED’s …
https://youtu.be/n_z_mnSSmQg?si=rOdYYNVMyT9ZAOHO
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/purging-the-myth-of-the-vomitorium/
I can quite understand how this happens – who can resist that delicious boiled British cuisine!
Tactics ain’t what they once were.
If I were on the battlefield I’d want to be the smallest, skinniest target possible.
Or stay behind the biggest fatty.
That’s brilliant.
Easier to outrun the fatter ones too when the need occasionally arises.
An observation only; American portions are way too large, if photos of restaurant meals are any indication.
Waaay too many carbs on pretty much any dinner plate. Rice and potatoes probably with biscuit and gravy on the side…
You don’t get to be this overweight eating protein and vegetables (not high carb ones).https://www.dreamstime.com/editorial-photography-obese-family-baton-rouge-louisiana-april-stand-lake-image89934732
Hence the military slogan, “Toujours lardass!”