Las Vegas Man 18 Drops 113 Pounds So He Can Enlist In Army

(Fox News) Melissa Leon August 28 2019 A young man in Las Vegas has lost more than 100 pounds since the beginning of the year intent on gaining entry into the Army. Luis Enrique Pinto Jr. 18 lost 113 pounds over a seven-month period in order to meet the branchs weight requirement dropping from 317 pounds to 204. Thats a human -- he lost the equivalent of a human in seven months said his recruiter Staff Sgt. Philip Long. Pinto who was born in Oakland Calif. and was raised in Peru and later Las Vegas decided to join the military after high school because he wanted to become the first member of his family to serve he recently told the Army. Youve got one life. I dont want to wake up and do the same thing every single day. Theres a whole world out there" he said. So Pinto who has worked as an electrician at construction sites committed to cleaning up his diet and started hitting the gym. Pinto is 6-foot-1. For someone his age and height looking to enlist the Army has set a maximum weight of 205 pounds. While his recruiter was skeptical of Pintos goal at first he supported him. They never put the effort into it Long said of potential recruits. They never actually care enough and they dont go anywhere. And then you turn around and you got someone like Luis.