QUOTE OF THE DAY: Weak ‘Skeletons’ Make Gen Z Unfit for Army Service

Army Maj. Jon-Marc Thibodeau has warned that America’s youth are living a sedentary life that leaves them fragile and unprepared for the military.

THE QUOTE

The ‘Nintendo Generation’ soldier skeleton is not toughened by activity prior to arrival, so some of them break more easily,” said Thibodeau, a clinical coordinator and medical readiness chief at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, according to a Feb. 8 press release by the Pentagon.

  • “We see injuries ranging from acute fractures and falls, to tears in the ACL, to muscle strains and stress fractures, with the overwhelming majority of injuries related to overuse,” noted Army Capt. Lydia Blondin, the assistant chief of physical therapy at the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital.