2006-08-13 11:53:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Not anymore!..BUT interesting enough
People with flat feet usually can run fast and are less likely to become injured. During World War II, having flat feet would have kept you out of the army, but a study published in the Archives of Family Medicine shows that army recruits who have the flattest feet suffer the fewest injuries.
Healthy army recruits had their arches measured before they started 12 weeks of basic training. Those with the flattest feet had the fewest injuries. When you run, you land on the outside bottom of your feet and roll inward to absorb the hard shock of your foot striking the ground. Most people who have flat feet have normal arches. Their feet appear flat because they have flexible ankles that allow their feet to roll so far inward that their arches touch the ground, so you can't see them. The more you roll in, the greater the shock absorption and protection from injury. People with flat feet also are often fast runners because rolling in allows their feet to press harder on the ground to force them forward with greater force.
2006-08-13 11:57:48 · answer #1 · answered by kms 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
omg, i heard the same exact thing before! i have flat feet so i've always wondered if the army would reject me (not that i wanted to join anyway). I asked my dad cause he was in the army and he said that it might be difficult for the person the run as much as the army makes them, but they wouldnt turn them away.
2006-08-13 18:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by luv_able_kisses 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends if you have a long recorded medical history of problems with your feet due to them being flat, if you don't, and you don't have to have special inserts for your shoes and you don't say you are having problems with them, then you are golden you won't have any problem, I have flat feet and I joined the Marine Corps and I was in the infantry.
2006-08-13 19:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by jslewis81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i tihnk that only applys to a draft although i might be wrong. you are physically incapable of running as fast and long as the army wants you to so pretty much yea sorry bud (i have flat feet and im glad i cant join the army...try the airforce...)
2006-08-13 18:58:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. not any more...but you would be limited as to what jobs you could hold while in the Army or any branch of service for that matter.
I have flat feet and was accepted to the Army but went with the Navy instead. was there for 5 years.
2006-08-13 18:56:25 · answer #5 · answered by Skipper1974 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not any more, dude. Those lucky to escape military service due to flat feet truly are lucky dawgs....but today: you need only to be living to qualify for the Army.
2006-08-13 18:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that too. I don't think its true because I used to date a guy with flat feet who was once in the service. Now, believe it or not, he's a cop.
2006-08-13 18:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by tina m 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I had a Platoon Leader with flat feet as recently as ten years ago.
Old bad science, now discarded.
2006-08-13 20:56:44 · answer #8 · answered by Will B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, in fact they have a lower death rate in the Army. I'm flat footed.
2006-08-13 19:23:24 · answer #9 · answered by Noah J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was true at one time, b/c they couldnt march the long distances required to be in the army, but now im pretty sure its changed
2006-08-13 18:57:16 · answer #10 · answered by cardboardmanx 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋