EDITORIAL: Army drills: Problem is overnourishment.

This spring a blue-ribbon roster of retired military leaders issued a report titled, with characteristic bluntness, "Too Fat to Fight," in which they said the epidemic of childhood obesity was posing a threat to America's national security.

Army revamps training with yoga, Pilates

Fort Jackson, S.C. -- Dawn breaks at this, the Army's largest training post, with the reliable sound of fresh recruits marching to their morning exercise. But these days, something looks different.

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Get local and national news updates via E-mail. One dagger after another, Elijah Corrica turns a tryout into a spectacle. His team's getting embarrassed. In a game to 12 by ones, Corrica's squad trails 11-3. Enough already. Corrica demands the ball every possession.

On the ball

Imagine tossing passes to Nick Foles, hearing the impact as players attack each other and sprinting to the end zone as the Wildcats score the winning touchdown.

Rambelle, Ram Rugby prepare new recruits

Practice started Monday for the women's Rambelle rugby, and the team is working to familiarize the 10 to 12 new girls to the sport.