According the just released 2005 survey of military health behaviors, young servicemembers in particular are prone to heavy drinking but overall smoking and use of illegal drugs is down. And, more military members are overweight. However, top Pentagon health official, William Winkenwerder, says that, war stress aside, servicemembers have “quite good” health compared to US civilians.
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.