Reply #32: Oh yeah! They do indeed. After my wreck in 2000...majorly bad wreck [View All]

[Solly Mack]

and my chest was severely damaged (among other things) , they offered to go in and "enhance" and "reconstruct" even before the healing began... .."in case" the damage was very bad, let's schedule it now kind of thing. My breast were so brusied and battered I just knew they would rot off...it was pretty bad actually..internally as well..massive tissue damage. Horrible wreck. But I didn't want my puppies touched unless absolutely needed.

I healed well and opted not to have cosmetic surgery...even though they again offered. :)

but I know of 2 who have...one was a "self-esteem" & health issue for a female soldier - breast reduction...one was cancer in a dependent.

They also perform bariatric surgery (gastric bypass)
on an "elective" basis (more or less)..one lady I know who is getting it done next month is actually overeating to maintian the proper percentage of body fat to stay qualified. She started losing weight right after they agreed to the surgery...

and speaking of bullets...hubby went to range the other day and they actually had 2 bullets a piece to qualify with...when he told me people got to shoot twice, I asked "you all had the bullets to do that with?" He laughed and said "amazing, I know"

but seriously, that's how short training equipment is..it's a big deal when they actually have the stuff to train with...much less take into combat.