Posted on Dec 18, 2019
Why are so many soldiers in Basic Training now having leg, arm, shoulder, and femur injuries? Is the training too physical now?
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It's from kids that played video games their whole life suddenly being thrown into the real world. The training is no harder than it has ever been and Drills cant even give trainees that ol' fashioned smoke show.
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The training is not too physical now. Many of the recruits are in poor physical shape.
https://www.armytimes.com/2016/08/19/army-physical-un-fitness-a-system-that-promotes-injury-and-poor-nutrition/
https://www.armytimes.com/2016/08/19/army-physical-un-fitness-a-system-that-promotes-injury-and-poor-nutrition/
Army physical (un)fitness: A system that promotes injury and poor nutrition
Never have I seen so many young adults with musculoskeletal injuries until I joined the United States Army. And I’m not referring to basic training where some injuries are expected; I’m speaking of the active Army. Many of these injuries are preventable.
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SPC Richard Skeen
It just seems more like more lower body injuries Femur. And broke legs. And Fractured Hips. Are they doing something wrong ?
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SPC Richard Skeen - The problem is that young men and women entering the military are not as physically fit as years past.
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In my opinion, it's just due to them not being so physical in their life until they joined the Army....Some of them Soldiers have never even ran a quarter mile, done pushups for two minutes straight, or marched several miles. Their bodies just are not used to it, but they adapt over time...Or maybe we just have a new generation of weaklings lol
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CSM Charles Hayden
SSG (Join to see) I fret about about the mental attitude and mental ability of today’s young people.
When I read that 20+% of today’s college students have depression and/ or anxiety, I feel for the nation!
When I read that 20+% of today’s college students have depression and/ or anxiety, I feel for the nation!
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