Re: Fitness

[Brian McDonald <Brian_mcdonald@xxxxxxx>]

Roger Burton West wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:54:24PM -0700, Brian McDonald wrote:
>
>> Interesting tidbit i picked up was that a recent green beanie 
>>training intake from the civvie to green beret in one easy step program 
>>managed to have only 55% of them meet the basic infantry physical 
>>fitness test.
>>
>
>The only thing we learn from history...
>
>(Most of the current government-run health programs, including the
>British National Health Service, were introduced as a result of similar
>levels of unfitness in military recruits during the Second World War and
>before.)
>
Article went on to suggest that the yanks were having some trouble 
moving about the hills due to less than stellar physical conditioning. 
 Figured that was one of the reasons the royal marines arrival was 
bumped up some.