NOTHING'S TOO GOOD FOR OUR BOYS IN UNIFORM

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army (Reuters, 7/22/04)

The U.S. Army has long lured recruits with the slogan "Be All You Can Be," but now soldiers and their families can receive plastic surgery, including breast enlargements, on the taxpayers' dime.

On the other hand, they do earn it:

US military cooks up 'add urine and eat' rations (Australian Broadcasting Company, 7/22/04)

United States food technologists have invented dried rations that a soldier can rehydrate by using dirty water or even his own urine, the British weekly New Scientist reports.

And the Marines lead the way:

Sergeant charges breast enhancement, car to Pentagon (AP, 8/17/03)

A Marine received 14 months in a military brig for using a military credit card for an unauthorized six-figure shopping spree that included a car, a motorcycle and breast enhancement surgery.

Posted by David Cohen at July 22, 2004 7:11 PM