text: why is recruters lie to u to get u to join the military and y do they let people tat are mentaly ill in?   well, at least you are consistent...consistently wrong on all three statements.   in point of fact, it is not to the military's advantage to bring in the three types you are talking about...why would the government spend all that money on training them, and then have to release them at some point? in the case of "fat", i'm talking way fat. the military does give a prospective "chubby" recruit the opportunity to lose weight before the day he/she reports, but they must weigh in before going through basic.