The following is the URL of a recent online article entitled: "Obesity and Other Problems Barring Teens from Military Service Need National Attention, Leaders Say":
https://news.yahoo.com/obesity-other-problems-barring-teens-114804616.html
The following is a partial quote from the same: "Maj.Gen. Jason Bohm, the leader of the Marine Corps Recruiting Service, said far fewer than 30% of young people are eligible to serve in that branch. "If you break it down further into those skill sets,
intelligence level, and the physical level, those that we're looking toward bringing into the Marin Corps...quickly decreases to about 7%, "he said. "That's enormously challenging."
Why is this occurring? The online article which appears in the the men's rights site, The American Gentleman, entitled "Feminism and National Defense", explains why. The URL to that article is:
amerigentleman.blogspot.com/2014/12/feminism-and-national-defense.html
The following is a partial quote from the same: "Further, as the male virtues, men's rights, men's liberties, and men's individual and collective dignity are under aggressive attack by feminists and others, American men will increasingly, relatively and
absolutely, be unwilling and/or unable to serve in the U.S. Military."
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