Hey big boy!
Posted on 09/16/2007 6:37:18 PM PDT by fishhound
Australia's opposition Labor Party has questioned the need for female sailors to be given breast enlargements paid for with public money.
An armed forces spokesman defended the operations, saying they were carried out for psychological reasons, not to make sailors "look sexy".
Brigadier Andrew Nikolic said the "holistic needs" of service personnel were considered under defence policy.
But he said breast augmentations were not routinely funded by the military.
"We do consider the broader needs of our people, both physical and psychological," Brig Nikolic said.
"But that is a long way from saying that if someone doesn't like their appearance, Defence will fund things like breast augmentation as a matter of routine - that is just not correct."
He was speaking after one plastic surgeon said he had carried out breast enlargements on two sailors, aged 25 and 32, for A$10,000 (£4,200) each.
Brig Nikolic said such operations were only recommended after a medical evaluation.
But the opposition Labor Party said it wanted details on the cases.
"On the face of it, taxpayer-funded breast enhancement is a questionable practice," said Labor defence spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon.
"I have to say [it] smacks of a government out of touch."
Okay, I just assumed it was to make them more buoyant.
They are Integrated Personal Flotation Systems.
they were carried out for psychological reasons, not to make sailors “look sexy”.
What’s the distinction?
3 posts in, and already this thread is a riot.
This thread is useless without pics!
There ya go. Water wing implants
It’s this a little over the top?
This is the first really new idea to come along regarding parade dress in the last 10, maybe 15 or 20 centuries.
Also good for protection against thoracic trauma from blunt impact forces.....
hmm...dunno about that.
I'd have to touch them to make that assessment.
Like what? Pictures?
A government "out of touch"? Oh, I think they very much want to be in touch.
Ping!
Recruiting numbers for the Australian Navy are SURGING.
They serve beer on their ships too!
They could have said that a different way, but noooooo..
This could be a ballooning problem.
they serve beer...
add wings and burgers and you got .....Hooters.
They will have to make more ships.
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