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Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Military Weight (Yes, you read that right)
The Wall Street Journal ^ | February 9, 2012 | Carol E. Lee

Posted on 02/10/2012 12:02:23 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When my hubby was in the Military (60’s)- he gained weight - military weight/muscle weight - and was 190lbs at 5’10”...by today’s standards he would be ‘overweight’(27.3).

By today’s standards he’d have to lose 20 lbs and be 170lbs - he’d have to lose 20 lbs of muscle.(wasn’t much fat to lose)

The last thing we need is a bunch of skinny runts in the military. Fat is one thing, but it isn’t differentiated - they go by weight.


41 posted on 02/10/2012 6:43:44 AM PST by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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How ironic. When I graduated high school in 1975 I was combat ready due to the six years of Phys Ed. Then the Hippy teachers became administrators and got rid of Phys Ed so the Army would have a pool of physically fit young men who played army when they were kids.


42 posted on 02/10/2012 6:47:36 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: LibWhacker

I think maybe she be talkin ‘bout welfare mamas too fat to sign up for the army, so they can shop in the PX and stuff, whut?

“fat soldiers” is the signature policy cause of michelle obama???? wtf.

BTW, after 3 years of vacations round the world, is there a single picture anywhere of her children or her husband eating a green vegetable?


43 posted on 02/10/2012 12:12:35 PM PST by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common- Voltaire)
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To: Beckwith

the look on that horse’s face......thinks he sees his own rear end going by


44 posted on 02/10/2012 12:14:46 PM PST by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common- Voltaire)
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45 posted on 02/10/2012 12:22:29 PM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Kit cat

I don’t know about the other services but the Marine Corps already has a pretty strict set of regs on Weight Control...and Personal Appearance. If she thinks the military personnel, especially those in the field don’t burn up calories by the Dragon Wagon load, why doesn’t she just turn up for some of the GI Jane events and see how long she lasts...Mrs Ain’t I Got Great Arms!


46 posted on 02/10/2012 1:05:49 PM PST by celtic gal
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