Lots of military in my family, one brother, a father, five uncles, my wife, her sister, bunches of nephews.
I'm pretty sure we have all the major branches covered with at least one in each of them, too and quite a few saw active duty in wartime, too.
I love our military and our vets.
That said, one of our family members was a "troubled teen" and while it wasn't a judge that said "military or jail" to him, it WAS his father. Dad basically told him that there was no doubt in his mind that his boy would wind up in jail sooner than later and he would NOT bail him out, so it was either join the military or get the Hell out of the house and never darken their doorway again.
So the kid joined the Coast Guard, the only branch that would take him, and before his second year was up he wound up in "The Fat Boy Program", as my Navy wife refers to it.
Another year later and they booted him out because he wouldn't maintain his weight within operational requirements.
He's still a big boy now, and he married a big wife and they have big kids, and by big I do mean OBESE.
And yes, they're in Texas, where "everything's bigger".
I'd seriously volunteer a guess that his wife's ass is at least a yard across at the hips. :lamo
No, not exaggerating!
And the most amazing thing about it is, he was never obese before and it's not like that part of the family is congenitally obese. In fact, most of them are SKINNY!
