Pentagon Pete's Endless War on Fatties

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former weekend personality on the Fox News network, has a penchant for physical fitness.  He enjoys setting the example by running with troops in formation during physical fitness training, usually with a photographer at the ready,  and doing push-ups.  Boy howdy, does Pete love his push-ups!  (He also likes to pull his shirt off on occasion and display his crusader tats.). It's hard to be more manly than Pete.    He is macho from his toenails all the way up to his nose hair!

Last September when Hegseth called the nation's top brass (generals and admirals) back to the DC area for a meeting to show them who was boss, he took the opportunity to lecture the auditorium filled with his betters on the importance of looking fit - and his strong bias toward that outcome.  Part of Pete's command performance included this gem:

"Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formation, and see fat troops.  Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon leading commands."

During his tenure at the Pentagon, Hegseth has moved to tighten physical training standards (which are normed on male troops) and the physical appearance of the troops.  His team did away with outdated weight and height tables and replaced them with a Waist-to-Height Ratio of less than .55.   As an example, a troop with a 36" waist and a height of 70" has a .51 ratio.

Two weeks from tomorrow, on Donald Trump's 80th birthday, the President will be hosting an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on the White House grounds, and in an effort to produce the best possible photo ops, the Pentagon announced yesterday that active duty troops are being invited to come to Washington, DC, and attend the event.  One stipulation is that they must pay their own transportation to the nation's capital.  Another is that they must all wear summer dress uniforms and meet the standard of less than a .55 waist to height ratio.  ABSOLUTELY NO FATTIES IWLL BE TOLERATED.  There were no specific requirements for female troops other than they must meet the same standards as the men.

Last year Trump had a miles-long, Russian style military parade on his birthday that was a dud,  so boring he even slept through part of it, so this year he's bringing his own audience, an assemblage of people who are used to taking orders.

It should be quite a show, with the photogenic audience cheering and clapping in lockstep and maybe even singing:  "Happy birthday to you, sir, happy birthday to you!"