my dream

[TheWelder]

hey my name is josh i spent the last two years studing the art of welding and became a certified welder, i've welded just about every type of metal there is in cluding alumminum
but i want to go to army to serve my country the only way i know i can, i have the right attitude but not the right build. i am a tall person 6 foot 4 inches talland i way 300 pounds but i am not fat i work out alot, and my recruter told me to loose 5% body fat, i know i can do that thats the easy part i just dont know i f a can pass the physical part, what if i am too fat? what if i am too tall? and i know the army is short of a few good men they need all they can get but can i make it? do i have what it takes to be a u.s solder fighting for his country.

p.s how many of you feel the same way i do??

[Dishonered Soldier]

Hey, Personally I would reccomend you didn't join at all but if your hearts set on it. it brought back some memories when I read your post because I'm 6'4" and I weighed 310 pounds when I decided to join, lost 120 before basic. I ate 1200 calories a day for 8 months(thats just enough calories so your matabolism won't shut down, dip below that and your body will think its starving and conserve fat with a vengeance) and I ran EVERY DAY. truth is the army doesen't like big tall guys. they prize skinny athletic people who can run but can barely lift their own body weight. if your over weight in the army or if you have difficulty running your pretty much treated like your nothing, like your a worthless human being. thats the sad truth of it so if you truly are serious about it I would recomend starting running now just to make your life a little easier in the future.

[capwil]

I was doing a summer exercise with some fellow reservists. One of the tank drivers must have weighed about 330lbs, easy, and had to screw (twist) himself around to get into the tank! He did pass his basic training, but afterwards he probably didn't keep up with the exercise and kept his civilian appetite.

If you have the will power, you will succeed. In basic in the frozen north, we train just as hard as the Americans. As dishonered soldier mentioned, if you look lazy, they will treat you as such!