Rand Corporation study recommends immediate mandatory fun runs
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The public policy think tank Rand Corporation released a report this week warning that the state of U.S. military morale is dire, and the best way to address this it to immediately organize base and post fun runs.
“The military as a whole has suffered a number of setbacks over the past six months,” said Dan Friedman, a Rand Corp senior analyst. “From juggling pandemic responses while maintaining readiness and real-world ops tempo, to high profile fiascos like the fumbling of the USS Roosevelt by senior civilian leadership, morale is pretty low right now. A good fun run, like a 5k or even a 10k, would go a long way to restore that fighting edge.”
“This Saturday if at all possible.”
The report points out that competitors like Russia and China have not curtailed fun runs for their troops, and the United States risks falling behind, literally and figuratively. North Korea has even held a number of such runs, although Rand analysts concede that “fun” would not be the be…
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