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Pete Hegseth Fired Up After Learning Obesity
Rate Among Reserve Troops: ‘FIT, not FAT’

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Posted By: Imright, 4/25/2025 11:09:56 PM

President Donald Trump’s administration has declared war on those who declared war on American citizens. After all, among other things, the Trump administration values freedom, security, merit, and health. And those who declared war on American citizens did so in part by attacking all of those things. Friday morning on the social media platform X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to an alarming new report about the incidence of obesity among National Guard and Reserve troops by calling the situation “completely unacceptable” and pledging a new military made up of “FIT, not FAT” service members.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: wweste 4/25/2025 11:30:56 PM (No. 1939949)
The anorexics took over the military in the 1970s. I was a big, burly guy who never could not pass a PT test. They classified me as morbidly obese. My civilian job was as a Wyoming Highway Patrol Officer, which I completed easily. Don't believe everything you hear about physical fitness standards.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jc96 4/26/2025 12:53:39 AM (No. 1939965)
Come on any active military base and walk around, during duty hours... It's incredible. Chris in Italy
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 4/26/2025 3:43:29 AM (No. 1939981)
AA Austin and Colonel Vindman would heartily disagree. I agree that the height to weight standards are not always correct if one is muscular but when the uniform stretches most around the middle, it's time to cut down on the food.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chumley 4/26/2025 5:32:16 AM (No. 1940026)
Thank you #1. The military during my career was always symbolism over substance. It didnt matter if someone was any good, as long as they LOOKED good. I was ordered to take leave and miss my E-7 promotion ceremony because the general would have yanked the promotion if he'd seen me in dress uniform. Apparently my girth was not what he liked to fantasize about. So all his little bean poles and Gumbys got their stripes on stage in front of their peers and I stayed home and watched TV. No biggie. Pay is the same.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: jc96 4/26/2025 6:20:18 AM (No. 1940042)
#4 is on point and it seems we served during the same time frame - early 80-2002. I was fortunate that I did my job very well. Very. And fortunate that my orderly rooms had some semblance of common sense when weigh in and subsequent taping was due. I ran a very fit 205-210 with an allowable max of 205. Nowadays it seems most anything is "cool". Chris in Italy
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 4/26/2025 6:23:27 AM (No. 1940044)
You do realize that burning all that fat will contribute to global warming?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Amanoftwistsandturns 4/26/2025 6:54:34 AM (No. 1940050)
For years the Army PFT consisted of running 3 laps around General Milley. There are too many flabby flag officers - SecDef should have them all do a weigh in and take it from there.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: privateer 4/26/2025 7:33:40 AM (No. 1940078)
Going back to at least the 60s I recall the phrase: shape up or ship out!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DE01A13 4/26/2025 9:42:32 AM (No. 1940147)
When I was in boot camp at Parris Island during the summer of '63, word had already come down from HQ Marine Corps that every soul had to pass the PT test. One afternoon after evening chow I saw one of the mess sergeants trotting around the PT field. He was clearly overweight. I actually felt sorry for him, but he had to perform or get out.
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