This shouldn't be read as support for this event, but I know most people haven't served and don't have much context for this stuff. Service members must generally be within height/weight and fitness compliance to represent the military in uniform at public events.
In the Army, the policy is is AR 600-9. It applies to all kinds of stuff. You can't get promoted, go to school, reenlist or accept an award if you don't meet the height/weight standards.
This shouldn't be read as support for this event, but I know most people haven't served and don't have much context for this stuff. Service members must generally be within height/weight and fitness compliance to represent the military in uniform at public events.
In the Army, the policy is is AR 600-9. It applies to all kinds of stuff. You can't get promoted, go to school, reenlist or accept an award if you don't meet the height/weight standards.
While the official policy doesn't say no fatties, it might as well. It says service members must "present a trim military appearance at all times."
We've yet to reach the Zenith (Nadir?) of this Idiocracy... But we're getting closer to it, every day...