Ping for great justice.
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."
Did this really happen? 8-)
Of course, if we had this program, dude could use it as a recruiting tool.
Guess what? We do.
What in the hell is that?
It’s nothing more than the mother’s milk of human kindness to assist in these kinds of cases.
Could give new meaning to the term “re-up”.
Especially us officers, dammit!!!!
If Captain Kirk can have yeoman with big boobs so can we!!!!!!
Why is the Brigadier speaking for the navy anyway?
Oh my, that reminds me of the old Tony Curtis no smoking commercials.....
Believe it or not, in the U.S. military, doctors do seemingly unneccessary, unvital un-whatever cosmetic surgery to enable them to keep their board certification.
But it’s a great story with so many great lines in it.
Isn’t he a member of the Happy Hands club?
I get the point.
LOL! That’s just wrong.
All hands on deck!
It’s a little late, but I’m pinging FR’s resident Royal Australian Navy veteran for his thoughts on this important national defense issue.
Keep us abreast of developments ...
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