Military Issue Boobs

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In an odd twist, the Pentagon has apparently begun offering soldiers and their families free plastic surgery. This offer extends to breast alteration and liposuction.

Between 2000 and 2003, Army surgeons performed nearly 500 breast enlargements and more than 1,000 liposuctions on both soldiers and their families, according to Pentagon statistics cited by The New Yorker. So far this year, 60 soldiers or family members opted for breast enlargements while 231 people received liposuctions.

The purported rationale is to train military surgeons and give them on opportunity to practice. Sha, what ev!

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