"R. David Steele" /OMEGA wrote

The vast majority of high school grads (over 97%) are unfit for
service. Rich or poor. Most are just too stupid. Or over
weight. Then too many males are either out of control (drugs,
alcohol, felonies) or mommies boys who lack self discipline and
will (emasculated).

This caused me to have a flashback. When I was in Basic training,
the second night, there was a huge noise and the DI came in and was
throwing people around like wood. Kicking bunks over, etc. When
myself and Ernie (forget his last name now) grabbed him by the neck
and legs, then two more guys started to kick the **** out of him. He
went slack, and we let him go. He slowly got up and brushed himself
off as we cautiously gave him a little room, and then we turned around
and about 30 guys were hiding behind things, and none near enough
to help. He said in his best winded voice. In five days we better all
be ready to kill, or he would drag our mamma's down to pick up the
body. Then he appointed those of us that tackled him as squad leaders,
and took us to the DI tent for coffee where he had an academic
heart to heart with us about where we were headed, and what a
squad leader was used for. He died in a plane crash in Bolivia about
1968 on his way home. I still have the bite mark on my hand where
he nearly tore my little finger off.

Anyway, unless your from the inner city, or play rough sports, you're
probably not ready for the Infantry :-)