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Re:The US military is embedded in the gaming world. Its targ... by echoangle on Saturday February 17, 2024 @09:51AM (#39409909)
Then you will have selection bias because new army recruits probably are a bad representation of “the youth”
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Re:The US military is embedded in the gaming world. Its targ... by xethos on Saturday February 17, 2024 @12:51PM (#39411642)
The new recruits are actually a best-case scenario - going more than a decade back, ~75% of potential recruits that wanted to sign up were rejected for being clinically obese. Of the 25% left, a significant portion could not complete the first physical test. The test is one minute each of sit-ups, push-ups, and a one-mile run.

This [0] was linked up-thread and touches on increasing injury rates that the US army has worked to get down

[0] https://invid.xethos.net/watch?v=sWN13pKVp9s

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