Army's New 'Fat Camp' For Gen Z

Not Boot Camp. Not Click Bait. New Program.

[hamjeepr]

Fought my weight my whole life. Society and poor nutrition enables this but the Army does the opposite and helped me with the discipline necessary to push forward. Best decision of my life.

[alekorgruene]

I’m all for this. Sounds like the Army came up with a good idea for once. All branches might want to take a look.

[jackcarraway]

Army: We have too many fat people!

Also Army: *has Dominos, Burger King and Popeyes on post*

[carlsagan]

An older vet actually showing interest and support of not only the program but the trainees/privates is refreshing. A bunch of people would be clowning them, however, you are sending a supportive message. If they wanna join the military but need some help then I’m all for it. You can always work with effort.

[MyCharlie]

it is alarming that the military has to fix what society is destroying

[vietvet]

May they all succeed in their future military careers, but 18 - 20 years of bad habits is tough to overcome.

[nathanpendleton]

My son just graduated boot camp at Fort Moore. He had the opposite problem where he was too skinny. They put him on double rations, extra fortified protean bars and worked his ass past his known abilities. He put on 25 lbs. and has never been more confident. He is a 91-B but now also wants to do airborne and ranger schools. Way to go ARMY

[marccano]

"by not eating garbage", , , , well said Sgt Jameson, 👍🏻!

[randomuser]

Honestly the fat camp is smart. Hopefully they also teach healthy eating correctly

[TimATW]

We are in a serious recruiting crisis for the US army. 25, 000 recruits short for fiscal year 2022 and 15, 000 recruits fiscal year 2021. Props to her for losing the weight and wanting to join.
Keep up the good work brother

[kevinnugent]

My son graduated Army bootcamp a month ago . Don't know if it was just his company but everyone was in tremendous shape . Standing nice and tall broad shouldered guys .

[ChefJayAre]

such a massive amount of respect for somebody actually wishing these kids well, and hoping they come out as better, stronger, more physically fit people. Many videos that cover this same topic do nothing but criticize the notion that this should even exist.

[Jeeperthandirt]

This is a great program. The emotion the goes into losing weight as someone who was a personal trainer and who seen a couple of his best friends struggle with weight, one a combat vet, this is something the army, America, and Americans should embrace. Parents, home habits, culture, and national leadership all need to be hels accountable for where we are with the youth of America right now. Health is wealth. GET AFTER IT!

[joshbraun]

The fact that people still laugh at these men and women trying to change their life for the better is astounding to me

[bobdowns]

This used to be done in highschool in a class called P.E. 😔

[mijajajaja]

Damn, she weighed almost 250 pounds at 5 ft tall, and she very obviously doesnt weigh anywhere near that much now. Good for her.

[ourfamilyhughes]

Summer of 85 at Fort Benning for OSUT. A few in my company were allowed to eat salad and little more. They had additional physical training in the evening. By the time we graduated these young men had dropped a lot of weight and were probably extremely proud of themselves. That’s the way it was in the old army.

[JoeCab]

My dad coached High School football for more than 40 years. In his last 8 years of coaching, he saw a huge decrease in the number of high school students not coming out to play sports. And that's ANY sport, not just football. Their mindset was that they thought the purpose of athletics was only for gifted athletes to pursue a career in professional sports. That mindset and poor diet are what's attributing to the weight problems in today's youth. Good to see that the Army is making an attempt to adjust to what society is giving them.

[captainplatinum]

Here is the result of twenty years of everyone’s a winner, inclusivity and woke .

[JGor_F]

This is a fantastic thing. Instead of lowering the requirements, this elevates the recruit to the standard. It also gets them used to taking orders, following rules/standards, and working in teams. It also helps the recruit feel the Army is more invested in them, which builds more of a connection between the recruits and the Army. When these kids are losing 25, 30, or 50 pounds, they are going to gain confidence because they look better, are healthier, and have accomplished something. This can help plant the seed in their mind that they can accomplish something when they put in the effort. Which makes them better soldiers, and can push them to do things they wouldn’t have done otherwise, like try for Rangers.