Is This a Good Thing?

Wow! The Army is easing the rigors of boot camp! Seems to me, and this is just my opinion, that they're trying to address the slump in recruiting by increasing the number of guys who make it through the training. No?

Of course, our Army has been the best in history for a long time so... let's change the training so softer guys make it in! Heck, maybe sissies like Cheney or Bush could make it now? No, probably not.

Story here.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, United States (UPI) -- Recruits entering U.S. Army boot camps are being yelled at a lot less by sergeants, running less and allowed to sleep longer, the Wall Street Journal reports.

'I told my drill sergeants to stop the nonsense,' Daly said.

Now, in the mess hall, drill sergeants aren`t allowed to order overweight privates to skip dessert, and the Army also has cut the amount of running troops do in boot camp by more than 60 percent in the past three years.