The draft and obesity

What would happen to all the obese people if there is ever a draft again? Would they have to been turned down or sent to a longer boot camp stay to get into shape?

If they were turned down would it be unfair for all the more fit draftees?

I think you might be onto something.

If the draft is reinstated, which I doubt will happen, then there will be those who will do what it takes to avoid the draft.

During Vietnam it was marriage and education and a few who turned to religion.

This time around it may be that we see a massive increase in fat Jehovah's Wetnesses.

In reality, a person is who is morbidly obese would be a liability for the services and would likely get a medical waiver.

For those who are just fat, the Marine Corps and probably the rest have fat farms where those who are too fat to participate in training can lose enough weight through special diets and exercise to proceed. I've seen cases of recruits losing on the order of 100 lbs. Those cases are pretty rare, though.

Anyone who is just a little overweight, however, will lose weight in the process of training.

I gained thirty pounds in boot camp, by the way.