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Nutrition issues provide US Army with food for thought

By Daniel Wasserbly

9/27/2010

The US Army has seen recruits in basic training suffer a growing number of injuries because they are increasingly unhealthy.

Nutrition standards are getting worse throughout the United States and it is limiting the number of personnel that the military can recruit and safely train, said Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, the deputy commanding general for initial military training at Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).

"We have to get them in shape ... and it's tougher than we've ever experienced before," Gen Hertling told reporters during a 22 September breakfast meeting in Washington, DC. "How do we train them to 'hump' at 9,000 ft [2,743 m] in the Hindu Kush?"

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Recruits at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey conduct a variety of physical fitness exercises.
Recruits at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey conduct a variety of physical fitness exercises.(US Army)

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