Feb 19, 2018 ... Nearly three-quarters of Americans age 17 to 24 are ineligible for the military ...  That's on top of a more immediate obstacle that military leaders warned ... The  Army anticipates problems with meeting its 2018 goal to enlist 80,000 ... prevent  one of every 10 young adults from being able to join the military.
Jun 1, 2016 ... "Today, it is more difficult to enlist in the U.S. military than it is to ... that more than  one-quarter of America's young adults are too fat to serve in ...
... of young. Americans from being able to enlist. ... strength and more than one  third are overweight. • Two thirds of ... that far too many California children and  young adults have a ... soldier goes down with an injury, and a quarter of medical .
Dec 6, 2010 ... ... one quarter of young adults are too overweight to enlist in U.S. military ... More  than 9 million young Americans -- about one in four -- are too ...
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More than one-quarter of America’s young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military