7/22/2004

Bigger Breasts for Free!

 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has long lured recruitswith the slogan "Be All You Can Be," but now soldiers and theirfamilies can receive plastic surgery, including breast enlargements, on the taxpayers' dime.

The New Yorker magazine reports in its July 26th editionthat members of all four branches of the U.S. military can getface-lifts, breast enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs forfree -- something the military says helps surgeons practicetheir skills.

"Anyone wearing a uniform is eligible," Dr. Bob Lyons,chief of plastic surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center in SanAntonio told the magazine, which said soldiers needed theapproval of their commanding officers to get the time off.