The Other National Security Crisis with Lt. General Mark Hertling

Only 23% of America’s youth is qualified to serve in the army, while 77% is unfit to serve due to primarily physiological factors. By 2030, less than 10% of our nation’s youth will possess the physical fitness potential to be recruited for the U.S. army. Our nation’s health is a national security crisis.

Lieutenant General Mark Hertling served as first commanding general of Initial Military Training (IMT) in the army from 2009- 2011, and as first commander, led the revamping of the program, from physical training to nutrition, to better prepare soldiers for combat readiness. Today, General Hertling shares his firsthand expertise, and how the methods he learned in the army may be applied to civilian life.

About Our Guest

Lieutenant General Mark Hertling served thirty-seven years in the U.S. Army, and retired after serving as Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe & the Seventh Army. He also commanded the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division and Task Force Iron in Iraq during the troop surge of 2007 to 2008.

In 2013, he was appointed to serve on the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition by President Obama.

Lieutenant Hertling is currently a Senior Vice President for Florida Hospital in Orlando, where he developed a highly successful Physician Leader Development
Program.

He is the author of Growing Physician Leaders: Empowering Doctors to Improve Healthcare, and he is also a regular guest on CNN in his role as National Security Expert and Military Analyst.