Two stories only
related by the military.
One of the Army's
least known and more peculiar perks just may be free
plastic surgery. The Army surgeons who perform reconstructive
surgery on wartime casualties need someone to practice on. Enter
soldiers, veterans, and families of the Army, Reserves, and National
Guard. According to Dr. Bob Lyons, Army Chief of Plastic Surgery,
they can offer any kind of cosmetic surgery for free. "I have not
seen any restrictions on our practice whatsoever," he says.
Between 2000 and
2003 they performed 472 breast enhancements and 1233 liposuctions
amongst other purely cosmetic elective surgeries.
Guess that's one
perk Lynndie
England never heard about . *
The supermarket
cashier today couldn't wait to talk about the weird encounter she had
just had. A young man came into the store holding an opened beer
can.
"I bought this last
night," he said, "and now it's warm. Can I exchange it for a cold
one?"
"I'm sorry," she
replied, "but once we sell alcoholic beverages we can't accept
returns."
He stared at her for
a second, then said, "But I'm in the Army!"
The cashier was
laughing about it later. "That's one I'd never heard!" she said.
Must have been one of
those "JEEPs" Dharma was
talking about.
* I swear the
first few times I saw those
pictures I thought Lynndie was a man. Whoops.