You've all seen it at one point or another: recruiter goes to local high school, meets everybody that took the ASVAB. Wants to get the high scoring kids, but they're not really interested so hes left with that guy who sat in the corner in your English class that everyone made fun of cause he couldn't read all that well and kind of had a speach impediment. Not exactly Soldier of the year, but the recruiter thinks, "hey, I'll put him in and make my quota and when he gets to basic he'll wash out. First sergeant will leave me alone and I can go home early the rest of the week..."
Fast forward to basic: the drill sergeant knows this guy can't do a single correct pushup. He had to be drug up warrior tower by the 1SG, SDS, and another DS, and then still was too scared to go over the side. SOMEHOW, the day before he would have been recycled he mysteriously passes his PT test... hmmm. 1SG says, "oh well, we'll push 'em through to make our percentage and his unit will sort him out."
And today: you've got a fat body running around on a permanent profile milking the army for everything they can. Shamming out of every possible assignment, and complaining about what little work they do have to do. When it comes time to train, they either have an appointment, are hurt, OR BOTH, or pull out their profile that says, "I'm a little girl and I can't hold my rifle up to my shoulder... boo hoo."
So, the rest of us are left to carry their share of the load (which normally isn't too much unless your a staff sergeant pretending to be a squad leader... ha) Of course then we turn on the t.v. and hear, "You go to war with the army you have..." So the question then is, why do we still have them?! If they can't even carry they're freakin weapon, or run, or jump out of a truck should the situation call for it, why are they still here?! At least send them to work in PAC or something....
Just my opinion...