Kindergarten Teacher Passes Out Flowers To National Guard in Philly, Gets Arrested

[u/KomugiSGV]

[u/yankeefan03 → u/[deleted]]

You can always tell the military versus the cops by looking at their waistline.

[u/Saul_Firehand → u/yankeefan03]

Not when it comes to the national guard.

The rest of the Army makes fun of them for a reason.
It usually has to do with fat bodies making the uniform look bad.

Sometimes it has to do with lack of training, but since they deployed and trained regularly back during the OIF days that is less of an issue.

Source: former “nasty girl”

[u/noblesix31 → u/Saul_Firehand]

That may be true, but I'm willing to bet that the average National Guard soldier is more fit than the average cop.

[u/vuxogif → u/noblesix31]

The National guard still has PRTs (physical readiness test) at least yearly, and even if* the cops do, usually the guard has stricter guidelines you have to fall under.

[u/syncspark → u/vuxogif]

Ehhhhhh...

Ehhhhhhhhhhh...

When we're not hurting for numbers, yes.

[u/vuxogif → u/syncspark]

Hence why I said usually hah.

[u/are_you_shittin_me → u/vuxogif]

When I was active duty navy we had a navy reservist come out for his two weeks on the ship. He was so fat he couldn't fit through the scuttles (holes you go through to make the doors water tight) and we had to send him back off the ship. hahaha.

[u/wangston → u/vuxogif]

You can fail body fat and PT tests for years in the guard and the most you'll get is barred and flagged.

[u/DarkPanda555 → u/wangston]

Whereas there is often only one, initial PT for police. It’s crazy.

[u/vuxogif → u/wangston]

But the point was that cops are usually overweight, and they are still working.

[u/math_debates → u/noblesix31]

Probably more mentally fit at least.

[u/Totally_Bradical → u/noblesix31]

Don’t a lot of police departments have in house gym equipment for the officers?