A leaked memo written by Major Brian Dupree of the army physical training corps refers to a 'worrying trend of obesity' in the British Army (file photograph)From The Guardian:
Leaked army memo reveals many British soldiers are so obese they cannot be sent to Helmand.
Britain's war effort is being hampered by the number of front-line troops who are too fat or unfit to be deployed to southern Afghanistan.
A leaked memo sent to all army units and obtained by the Observer reveals that basic fitness policy "is not being carried out" and highlights concern among military commanders over a "worrying trend of obesity" that is limiting the number of soldiers fit enough to fight in Helmand. Units are routinely failing to fulfil the army's basic fitness regime of two hours of physical exercise a week, it adds, and the army must "reinvigorate a warrior ethos".
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My Comment: I am sure that the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies do not have this problem.