Nope, not true at all. People who can't hack basic training, well aside from those with a medical condition (an obesity isn't a medical condition), are just to lazy, to whiny, or to spoiled.HassEsser said:...the large amounts of difficulty it requires to actually get to be a part of. Ask anyone in the military, and they will confirm that boot camp is really tough...
...Also, I heard it's mad easy to get girls after you're in, so there's that.
As long as you can put in a little effort you can make it. They don't require so much physical strength as they do willpower. No not even mental strength, you just follow orders, and don't quit. That's all there is to it.
As for girls, well it's not really any easier, and not really any harder. It can make some things easy because there is a massive shortage of girls in the armed forces, but you probably are not going to get any special treatment from superiors, and as likely as not to run into some that look down on girls getting the guys to do everything for them - then treat all women as if they do the same.
OT: I have to wonder how many people responding here actually served.
I was in the Air Force, I was combat communications. Which is about as fun as it sounds. I served for five years until I was wounded in Iraq and eventually discharged. The first time I was deployed there where people there at the airport when we got off the plane that offered phones, food, cookies, and some just hugs and words of kindness. Care packages where sent from time to time to the base by buisness and communities. The last time I got deployed people where generally either apathetic or showed outright hostility that their precious plans had the possibility of being disrupted because of us. Total time between those deployments, only three years.
There is still a lot of talk about supporting the military here in the US, but very little real support going on these days. More just general tolerance and a respect for the fact that people volunteer to enlist.