Army sees sharp rise in unfit soldiers

[unhappycamper]

Army sees sharp rise in unfit soldiers
By Gregg Zoroya - USA Today
Posted : Wednesday Mar 3, 2010 10:55:49 EST

WASHINGTON — The percentage of soldiers who are unavailable for combat has risen sharply during the past two years from 11 percent of each brigade in 2007 to 16 percent last year, Army records show.

Repeated deployments and health problems have driven much of the increase in soldiers listed as nondeployable, said Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army vice chief of staff.

A brigade has about 3,500 soldiers.

“These are folks who had a knee problem after the first (combat) rotation,” he said, “and then, finally, after the third one of humping a rucksack in Afghanistan at 10,000 feet, the doc says, ‘I don’t care if you’re going to deploy again, the fact of the matter is you’re going to (stay back until you) get your knee fixed.’ ”

Nearly 70 percent of the Army’s current roster of 460,000 enlisted soldiers have been to war — half of them once, nearly a third of them twice, 13 percent with three combat tours and 4 percent deployed four times.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/ap_army_unfitsoldiers_030310/

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Could there be an epidemic of ass pimples?" - Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

"As every republicon chickenhawk knows, ass pimples are a SERIES problem that - alass -- can thwart maGnifiCent Manly Men such as YOURS TRULY from displaying our ManlY CooRage on the battlefield. I, um, so wanted to be a war hero...but (sniff) my ass pimples made me unfit for doody and (this part is so sad), I could not serve my hOmElaNd. Smirk."

- Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[saigon68]

3. HEY !!! Let's beat that "Rented Mule"

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Where are the fucking leaders to put the truth about what's going on first--Rather than servicing the War Mongers on their knees to wits Rahm, Limpmann, Cheney and the draft dodging repukes of yore.

[Hannah Bell]

4. My cousin's husband = five tours in Iraq & Afghanistan. Criminal. Like the war.

[madokie]

5. When one of the prefered munitions is DU

You're going to see these kind of health problems. Its not just the enemy who is breathing in the dust from these, our kids are too. I'd be one pissed off okie if they had been poisoning my body with depleted uranium munitions back in our being lied to to get many of us there in our war

[Javaman]

6. "A jelly donut?"

"you are a disgusting fat body, private pyle!!"