Re: Public paying for Military P S Perk

[Guest guest]

I understand why they are doing this, as an incentive to get people into the

military but do we really want people in the military that joined because

they want plastic surgery? What kind of soldier would someone like this

make? They would be in the military for the totally wrong reasons. This

makes me more sad than the cost to taxpayers. It will be like dangling

fattening foods in front of someone who just started a diet.

Kenda

> As a taxpayer, I'm really not very happy about this! Anybody else? Most of

> all, I'm upset about the implants.....because chances are that taxpayers will

> be paying for social security disability as well when she gets sick. How dumb

> of our government. Public Paying For Military Plastic Surgery Perk

> Everything From Breast Implants To Tummy Tucks Slattery

> Reporting

>

> (CBS) NEW YORK CBS 2's undercover recruits marched into military recruitment

> centers. And when they asked about a controversial perk, a normally hushed-up

> Department of Defense benefit is exposed.

>

> " I asked about free plastic surgery, anyone who's active duty is eligible, " it

> was explained to one recruit.

>

> That's right. Nips and tucks are available for any active duty soldier and

> except for the cost of implants; they're free of charge.

>

> " I think the reason they came out with that is we're trying to get a lot of

> different types of incentives. It's hard to get people to join, " a recruiter

> told us.

>

> So while some are risking their lives on the front lines others are whittling

> away their waste lines and ridding themselves of wrinkles. Cosmetic surgery is

> a hot topic on this military Web site. Type in tummy tuck and you'll find

> discussions about breast implants, tucks and lipo.

>

> In 2003 there were 384 liposuctions, 288 tummy tucks, 261 breast

> augmentations, 135 facelifts and 69 nose jobs performed in U.S. military

> hospitals.

>

> Using current rates it's a tab of almost $2 million in taxpayer dollars.

> Military officials say it's money well spent so doctors are prepared to give

> soldiers injured in the line of duty quality care.

>

> Department of Defense officials tell us cosmetic work is only done when

> there's time and space available. They say it's needed to keep surgeons

> certified and up on their skills. But try telling that to and Alma Hart,

> who's 20-year-old son, , was killed in Iraq.

>

> " A week before he was killed he called to ask us if we could get body armor,

> vehicle armor because they were getting shot up in convoys, " Alma Hart said.

>

> The Harts can't believe the government is spending money on cosmetic surgery

> while the country is at war. They believe those dollars may have saved their

> son's life and many more.

>

> " I think if had had 600 rounds of ammunition instead of just 200 he might

> have held out until the Apache helicopter arrived. It's small bucks if you

> think about it, " Alma Hart said.

>

> Miranda Carmichael said safety should come first. But, she added, she¹s

> interested in breast augmentation. An army wife and mother of two, she told us

> she's considering going under the knife. As a dependant she would have to pay

> a fee but it's much cheaper than what people in the private sector would have

> to shell out.

>

> She's all for the military's policy on plastic surgery.

>

> " It's the education and training of soldiers, and you can't do plastic surgery

> on a dummy, " Carmichael said.

>

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[Guest guest]

I'll have you know, as a military wife I am TOTALLY AGAINST this!!!

Also the military will pay to put them in but they refuse to pay to

take them out, or they will take them out but they don't have the

first clue about enblock or care about how you will look afterwards.

What the hell do you need young female GIs having boobs for?? I have

enough to worry about when my husband deploys I don't need to worry

about the women.

-- In , Tricia Trish

<glory2glory1401@...> wrote:

>

> As a taxpayer, I'm really not very happy about this! Anybody

else? Most of all, I'm upset about the implants.....because chances

are that taxpayers will be paying for social security disability as

well when she gets sick. How dumb of our government. Public Paying

For Military Plastic Surgery Perk Everything From Breast Implants

To Tummy Tucks Slattery

> Reporting

>

> (CBS) NEW YORK CBS 2's undercover recruits marched into military

recruitment centers. And when they asked about a controversial perk,

a normally hushed-up Department of Defense benefit is exposed.

>

> " I asked about free plastic surgery, anyone who's active duty is

eligible, " it was explained to one recruit.

>

> That's right. Nips and tucks are available for any active duty

soldier and except for the cost of implants; they're free of charge.

>

> " I think the reason they came out with that is we're trying to get

a lot of different types of incentives. It's hard to get people to

join, " a recruiter told us.

>

> So while some are risking their lives on the front lines others

are whittling away their waste lines and ridding themselves of

wrinkles. Cosmetic surgery is a hot topic on this military Web site.

Type in tummy tuck and you'll find discussions about breast

implants, tucks and lipo.

>

> In 2003 there were 384 liposuctions, 288 tummy tucks, 261 breast

augmentations, 135 facelifts and 69 nose jobs performed in U.S.

military hospitals.

>

> Using current rates it's a tab of almost $2 million in taxpayer

dollars. Military officials say it's money well spent so doctors are

prepared to give soldiers injured in the line of duty quality care.

>

> Department of Defense officials tell us cosmetic work is only done

when there's time and space available. They say it's needed to keep

surgeons certified and up on their skills. But try telling that to

and Alma Hart, who's 20-year-old son, , was killed in Iraq.

>

> " A week before he was killed he called to ask us if we could get

body armor, vehicle armor because they were getting shot up in

convoys, " Alma Hart said.

>

> The Harts can't believe the government is spending money on

cosmetic surgery while the country is at war. They believe those

dollars may have saved their son's life and many more.

>

> " I think if had had 600 rounds of ammunition instead of just

200 he might have held out until the Apache helicopter arrived. It's

small bucks if you think about it, " Alma Hart said.

>

> Miranda Carmichael said safety should come first. But, she added,

she's interested in breast augmentation. An army wife and mother of

two, she told us she's considering going under the knife. As a

dependant she would have to pay a fee but it's much cheaper than

what people in the private sector would have to shell out.

>

> She's all for the military's policy on plastic surgery.

>

> " It's the education and training of soldiers, and you can't do

plastic surgery on a dummy, " Carmichael said.

>

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