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[–] [S] 92 points 1 year ago (16 children)

My favourite bit of all of this.

The Defense Secretary pointed to his own regimen as an example. “It all starts with physical fitness and appearance,” he said. “If the Secretary of War can do regular, hard PT [physical training], so can every member of our joint force.”

“Today at my direction, every member of the joint force, at every rank, is required … [to] meet height and weight requirements twice a year every year,” Hegseth added.

Someone remind me what fat orange bag of festering mayonnaise if at the top of these joint forces. I forget his name. I don't really see him doing jumping jacks.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Why would a height requirement need to be checked twice a year?

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It sounds like dipshit thinks BMI is a good standard for fitness measurement

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not just Hegseth. The US military has always used BMI as part of fitness standards.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I remember having BMI tests before training and once in boot camp, but not after I got to my first duty station. I was quite underweight when I was serving, but that was so long ago that I assumed they'd moved on to a better standard by now lol

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    When I was in the Army they used BMI, and if you failed BMI you had to get a pinch test to measure body fat. I had to do it because I was 6'4" (193cm) and 225lbs (102kgs) which is overweight by BMI standards.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    No, this is a great idea. We should all get on Social Media and challenge the Snowflake-in-chief's ability to do the jumping jacks he is asking his troops to do. Taunt him with old videos of Jack LaLanne, since he seems stuck in the 80's culturally. With any luck, the problem will solve itself.

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  • He literally said he can't even walk without being careful so he doesn't fall down, and he's acused exercise of shortening the lifespan because you have a finite number of heartbeats or something. In other words, the troops are expendable because shortening their lifespans through exercise is perfectly acceptable. Some animals are more equal and all that.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    There are fat service members in BCP that probably PT harder than any of these fucks in charge.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm guessing Hegseth actually does workout regularly. It's part of his Master Race schtick. He likes to look good while showing off his white supremacy tattoos.

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