Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

[Guest guest]

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

Thu Jul 22, 2004 09:15 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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.

The New Yorker magazine reports in its July 26th edition that members

of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast

enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free -- something the

military says helps surgeons practice their skills.

“Anyone wearing a uniform is eligible,” Dr. Bob Lyons, chief of

plastic surgery at Army Medical Center in San told the

magazine, which said soldiers needed the approval of their commanding

officers to get the time off.

Between 2000 and 2003, military doctors performed 496 breast

enlargements and 1,361 liposuction surgeries on soldiers and their

dependents, the magazine said.

The magazine quoted an Army spokeswoman as saying, “the surgeons have

to have someone to practice on.”

[Guest guest]

I would argue it is not for free when you consider 900 or more have died since

last March. Pretty high price to pay for healthcare coverage.

Steve Dralle

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

Thu Jul 22, 2004 09:15 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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.

The New Yorker magazine reports in its July 26th edition that members

of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast

enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free -- something the

military says helps surgeons practice their skills.

" Anyone wearing a uniform is eligible, " Dr. Bob Lyons, chief of

plastic surgery at Army Medical Center in San told the

magazine, which said soldiers needed the approval of their commanding

officers to get the time off.

Between 2000 and 2003, military doctors performed 496 breast

enlargements and 1,361 liposuction surgeries on soldiers and their

dependents, the magazine said.

The magazine quoted an Army spokeswoman as saying, " the surgeons have

to have someone to practice on. "

[Guest guest]

I would argue it is not for free when you consider 900 or more have died since

last March. Pretty high price to pay for healthcare coverage.

Steve Dralle

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

Thu Jul 22, 2004 09:15 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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.

The New Yorker magazine reports in its July 26th edition that members

of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast

enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free -- something the

military says helps surgeons practice their skills.

" Anyone wearing a uniform is eligible, " Dr. Bob Lyons, chief of

plastic surgery at Army Medical Center in San told the

magazine, which said soldiers needed the approval of their commanding

officers to get the time off.

Between 2000 and 2003, military doctors performed 496 breast

enlargements and 1,361 liposuction surgeries on soldiers and their

dependents, the magazine said.

The magazine quoted an Army spokeswoman as saying, " the surgeons have

to have someone to practice on. "

[Guest guest]

I would argue it is not for free when you consider 900 or more have died since

last March. Pretty high price to pay for healthcare coverage.

Steve Dralle

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

Bigger Breasts for Free: Join the Army

Thu Jul 22, 2004 09:15 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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.

The New Yorker magazine reports in its July 26th edition that members

of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast

enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free -- something the

military says helps surgeons practice their skills.

" Anyone wearing a uniform is eligible, " Dr. Bob Lyons, chief of

plastic surgery at Army Medical Center in San told the

magazine, which said soldiers needed the approval of their commanding

officers to get the time off.

Between 2000 and 2003, military doctors performed 496 breast

enlargements and 1,361 liposuction surgeries on soldiers and their

dependents, the magazine said.

The magazine quoted an Army spokeswoman as saying, " the surgeons have

to have someone to practice on. "