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'No Fat Soldiers': Ft. Bragg Troops Were Carefully Screened for Trump's Stunt Visit
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Once again... Another post/article from somebody who's never been in service. EVERY parade, march, etc... ANY official function where basically any colonel or above were going to be present. We were ALWAYS screened and sorted for visual aesthetics. If we needed more bodies than was "perfectly" available, the ones who aren't "best" looking would be buried in the middle to be less visible. The really tall dudes (the 6'4 dude sticks out in a small sea of 5'11), and short people were almost always out first. Those who didn't meet height and weight requirements (BMI/whatever you want to call it) were almost always certainly out. Commanders (captains) would do this without any orders to do it. It's to make the unit look cohesive and uniform.
This is literally normal for any high visibility event.
I feel like I keep finding these posts about military stuff an virtually nobody knows what they're talking about on here... It's disappointing.
It's the same sort of thing with firearms posts.