The American Military Declares War on Sprawl

[rangerrebew]

 The American Military Declares War on Sprawl

    By Amanda Kolson Hurley 

June 27, 2017

 

For the Pentagon, walkable, bikeable military installations are key to improving the health of troops.

Busy each day with thousands or tens of thousands of people, a military base is a mini-city. It has its own police, fire, and recreation departments, and even a “mayor” (the base commander). It has traffic, crime, and pollution, just like a regular city. And its residents are dealing with a major public health concern—obesity. Now the U.S. Department of Defense is looking to the environment of the base itself to get its forces into shape.

http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/06/american-military-declares-war-sprawl/138997/?oref=d-river

[Joe Wooten]

The American Military Declares War on Sprawl

    By Amanda Kolson Hurley 

June 27, 2017

 

For the Pentagon, walkable, bikeable military installations are key to improving the health of troops.

Busy each day with thousands or tens of thousands of people, a military base is a mini-city. It has its own police, fire, and recreation departments, and even a “mayor” (the base commander). It has traffic, crime, and pollution, just like a regular city. And its residents are dealing with a major public health concern—obesity. Now the U.S. Department of Defense is looking to the environment of the base itself to get its forces into shape.

http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/06/american-military-declares-war-sprawl/138997/?oref=d-river

I don't think that is a problem with the Marines. I never saw a fat Marine at Pendleton. A lot of fat civilians, but no fat Marines.