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Title: US Soldiers Turn To Diet Pills, Liposuction To Meet Weight Standards
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URL Source: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/health/u ... -weight-standards-ncxdc-120810
Published: Dec 8, 2010
Author: NewsCore
Post Date: 2010-12-08 08:51:12 by Jethro Tull
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Views: 279
Comments: 28
US Soldiers Turn To Diet Pills, Liposuction To Meet Weight Standards Updated: Wednesday, 08 Dec 2010, 8:10 AM EST By NewsCore US soldiers are going to extremes -- taking diet pills and laxatives, even starving themselves and getting liposuction -- in order to meet the military’s weight standards, the Army Times reported Monday. “Liposuction saved my career -- laxatives and starvation before an [Army Physical Fitness Test] sustains my career,” an anonymous soldier told the weekly paper. “I for one can attest that soldiers are using liposuction, laxatives and starvation to meet height and weight standards. I did, do and still do.” More than a third of uniformed men and women do not meet the Army’s weight standards, according to a 2009 military fitness report, and those officers are subjected to dreaded tape measurements to determine body fat percentage. If soldiers exceed the body fat limits, they cannot earn leadership roles or promotions, the paper said. Officers can even lose their jobs if they do not shed a significant amount weight in two months -- a very real threat, considering about 24,000 soldiers were discharged between 1992 and 2007 for failure to meet weight standards, according to a report published in Military Medicine. “I have been on a roller coaster of gains and losses for half my military career,” one lieutenant colonel told the Army Times. “I have considered lipo, and I have certainly starved myself, dieted on only bread and water, or other similar extreme diets to make weight or tape ... And it is no secret to any leader in the military what some soldiers will do to conform to standards that have been set.” Another soldier based at Fort Riley in Kansas told the paper she recently saw an advertisement for liposuction at the post gym. The Army Times also found ads for the cosmetic procedure in base newspapers at Fort Hood, Tex., Fort Benning, Ga., and Fort Campbell, Ky. Meanwhile, military leaders and doctors continued to warn against the risks of unhealthy weight loss methods. “I don’t think we have a clear understanding how widespread this problem is,” Col. George Dilly, Medical Command’s chief dietitian, told the paper, bemoaning the lack of empirical data about extreme dieting and cosmetic surgery among soldiers. “Soldiers are hiding the fact they are doing this because they don’t want the problem exposed,” he added. “We want soldiers to look right,” Dr. Thomas Williams, a retired colonel who leads the Army Physical Fitness Research Institute, told the Army Times. “But they also need to feel right and perform right, and you can’t get that from a pill or a procedure.” Read more: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/12/army-extreme-weight-loss-120510w/
Poster Comment: What a sad, sad, joke the US military has become.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Puts a new meaning on ... Be all you can be !!!
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Revere God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man".
It's gratifying that so many soldiers are going to such extremes in order to continue to be combat-ready. Frankly, if I were in the Army, I'd be hoping to be a tad too out-of-shape to be sent to where the bullets were.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
Eric... There you go again, wandering off the reservation.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
noone, look at the language on the sign in the upper right corner of the picture. That isn't english.
That isn't english. Fat, and a fucking traitor to boot !!! You have no sense of humor !
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Revere God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man".
Eric... Only a tad. I will have to check your diet. Perhaps tums would help on a short term basis. hehehehehehehe
Feel free to join up. I'll bribe your CO to make sure you're on point.....
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
At the opening shot of Korean war, I mustered in with 712 other men. There were 13 of us Air Farce, the rest were Army draftees and reserve. Of the 713 NO ONE FLUNKED...not one. Every man jack passed. One was so overweight he could not see his feet. In 12 hours 713 men went in, and came out in the military, loaded on trains and off to war. Bodies are all that count when war comes.
Bodies are all that count when war comes. Yeah, I was Air Farce too ... were you army air corps or actual Air Farce ?
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Revere God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man".
Don't worry Paul, we'll be seeing signs in Russian soon enough. Once Chairman Barry and his goons get the ball rolling.
It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not. - Tommy The Mad Artist.
That isn't english. As you know, the Empire has American "warriors" in more than 120 nations. Might it be Pvt. Jumbo is stationed abroad?
He is probably a soldier of another nation besides the U.S. That picture is a real sloppy way to insult the U.S.
Actually it's the article I find disturbing.
I do too. But, one the bright side people are serious about losing weight.
You don't like it when someone gets a laugh out of one of your mistakes. Welcome to the real world.
Air Farce... At the time it was still brown shoe dress. We wore civilian clothes during a part of basic training, what we had on our backs. Lived in tents. It was mob chaos.
I would be eating bananas, fatty cuts of meat, lots of good wholesome grains - like corn chips with extra salt, and watching lots of TV and reading. I'd be out in months.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Wait, I thought DI's/training sgt's got paid to take care of this by running their asses everywhere 24/7/365 during basic training??? Better yank the McDonald's concessions out of the camps....
__________________________________________________________ The problem though is that the stereotypes do not necessarily hold true. When I played Defensive Line a lot of people would have looked at me and said I was fat. However, the Offensive Linemen I bulldozed or "out quicked" had another viewpoint. I ran into the same kind of problem in the service. I was in great shape, and could run for miles and miles, bench press my own weight, and do 80 set-ups in under 2 minutes, but by the body fat standards I was overweight.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Try playing LB'er and TE in for the Brooklyn Mariners at 185 pounds ! La dolce vita has me more than that now :P
In spite of all the negatives ... I still cherish that time in my life and the experiences and the people I met.
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Revere God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man".
No you wouldnt. Not a chance. Some lifer would get wise, send you to the shrink, straighten you right out.
I valued the cross section of America that I met, top to bottom on the social ladder. Lost a lot of them, still recall them during better days.
Ah, yesss - the glory days of our youth. I think I would have enjoyed playing TE. When I did play Offensive Line I always got stuck at Center because I'm a good long snapper, but I HATE playing Center. You get too beat up, because you're always a half second behind, due to the snap, going into your block so the defensive guy gets a chance to start unloading before you can shift. My favorite position was NG on a 5 man line or RG on a 4 man line.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
#2. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#3. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#4. To: Shoonra (#2)
#5. To: Eric Stratton (#3)
Stupid, slobby, socio or even psychopathic.
#6. To: Cynicom (#5)
#7. To: noone222 (#1)
#8. To: PaulCJ (#7)
noone, look at the language on the sign in the upper right corner of the picture.
#9. To: Eric Stratton (#6)
Sarcasm?
#10. To: Shoonra (#2)
Frankly, if I were in the Army, I'd be hoping to be a tad too out-of-shape to be sent to where the bullets were.
#11. To: noone222 (#8)
#12. To: Cynicom (#11)
Of the 713 NO ONE FLUNKED...not one. Every man jack passed. One was so overweight he could not see his feet. In 12 hours 713 men went in, and came out in the military, loaded on trains and off to war.
#13. To: PaulCJ (#7)
#14. To: PaulCJ, noone222, Eric, 4 (#7)
noone, look at the language on the sign in the upper right corner of the picture.
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#14)
#16. To: PaulCJ (#15)
That picture is a real sloppy way to insult the U.S.
#17. To: Jethro Tull (#16)
Actually it's the article I find disturbing.
#18. To: noone222 (#8)
You have no sense of humor !
#19. To: noone222 (#12)
. were you army air corps or actual Air Farce ?
#20. To: Shoonra (#2)
#21. To: Original_Intent, 4 (#20)
#22. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
“We want soldiers to look right,”
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#23. To: Jethro Tull (#21)
#24. To: Original_Intent (#23)
#25. To: Cynicom (#19)
#26. To: Original_Intent (#20)
I would be eating bananas, fatty cuts of meat, lots of good wholesome grains - like corn chips with extra salt, and watching lots of TV and reading. I'd be out in months.
#27. To: noone222 (#25)
In spite of all the negatives ..
#28. To: Jethro Tull (#24)
Try playing LB'er and TE in for the Brooklyn Mariners at 185 pounds ! La dolce vita has me more than that now :P
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