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If so, you're the last generation that did so apparently.
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-...and-grenade-competency-graduation-requirement
Pretty crazy. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and feel like I was the last generation where you actually played outside. I played tag football and baseball down the street. Played Army with all kinds of guns (I had an arsenal). And yet I did own a Nintendo and latter a Super Nintendo. But I still managed to get my ass outside and play. In fact, being in school I couldn't wait to get home and play outside. It seems kids these days are too weak.
The U.S. Army will drop its hand grenade competency requirement for graduation from basic training because getting recruits to pass it is taking “too much time” and they’re just not strong enough, Major General Malcolm Frost told reporters on Friday.
Changes to the Army’s Basic Combat Training (BTC) will eliminate the current hand grenade proficiency standards as a requirement for graduation, Military.com reports:
“The new BCT does, however, do away with hand grenade qualification and land navigation course qualification as graduation requirements.”
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-...and-grenade-competency-graduation-requirement
Pretty crazy. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and feel like I was the last generation where you actually played outside. I played tag football and baseball down the street. Played Army with all kinds of guns (I had an arsenal). And yet I did own a Nintendo and latter a Super Nintendo. But I still managed to get my ass outside and play. In fact, being in school I couldn't wait to get home and play outside. It seems kids these days are too weak.