FAT RAMBO

British troops: Fit soldiers who can run 2,4km and give you as many sit-ups and press-ups possible within two minutes or less. Unfortunately thousands of British troop soldiers fail to reach the army's own basic standard of fitness. Amid growing concerns that many soldiers are becoming too fat to fight during the war.

Despite commanders' insistence that fitness is vital to the "battle-winning edge needed to ensure success on operations'' a Ministry of Defence (MoD) report into fitness levels confirms that barely two-thirds of soldiers are as fit as they should be.

Troops who are to fat to fight can take a second test to join the army: a 1.5 mile run, sit-ups and press-ups against the clock, wearing "PT kit and training shoes". But if they continue to fail after "remedial training", they can be discharged.

The independent 4th of July 2010

This is actually a funny fact to read about. Soldiers should be fit indeed if they want to fight in a war. We can't have fat soldiers whom are not even fit enough to run away. That would tear down a huge amount of english families whom lost their son's in war. To be a soldier is not destined for everybody, besides the fact that a soldier must have a fit body, they also have to be fit psychologically. Many soldiers have a crack down when they return from a warzone. I think that besides a fitness test, the troops should also have a psychological exam when choosing their British Warriors to fight during a war.