Official boob jobs

July 22, 2004

Jokes that jump to mind: "So really, it's an Army of two!"; "The few. The proud. The liposuctioned."; "Be more than you can be!" The New Yorker magazine reports that the U.S. military offers free plastic surgery to anyone wearing a uniform, including breast implants, liposuction and nose jobs.

Over the last four years, 496 boob jobs have been performed, and 1,361 fighting men and women have had excess fat sucked out of their bodies, all paid for by Mr. and Mrs. American Taxpayer. The military says the operations keep surgeons on their toes for all those field breast augmentations that are called for during any police action.

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Jemal added:

As much fun as it is to make fun of the whole situation, it actually makes a lot of sense. It's very difficult to get and keep doctors in the military, especially considering that they're paid a fraction of what civillian doctors get.

With that in mind, the doctors get certain things that they want - like the ability to work on the kinds of surgery that they don't normally get to do in the field, but will help them in their post-military career.

Sorry to take the fun out of it.

Posted on July 23, 2004 4:07 AM

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