OUR FRIEND, JULES LETAMBOUR, NOTICED AN ARTICLE ABOUT FAT TROOPERS IN THE US ARMY.... THIS REMINDS HIM OF AN ASTERIX COMIC CLIP WHEN ASTERIX AND OBELIX JOINED THE ROMAN LEGION*. ACCORDING TO JULES, THE JOKE IS HARD TO TRANSLATE IN ENGLISH BUT HE'LL GIVE IT A GO: "IS THIS THE BIG PART OF JULIUS CAESAR?" ASKS A ROMAN TROOPER FROM THE SCIPIO ARMY. OBELIX ALWAYS PEEVED WHEN PEOPLE POINT AT HIS FAT SUPERSTRONG BODY (HE FELL IN THE MAGIC POTION POT WHEN HE WAS A BUB) RESPONDS "NO, SIRREEE", WHILE BASHING SEVERAL SCIPIO TROOPERS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE FATBERGS IN THE US ARMY, IS THERE IS NO MAGIC POTION....

The US Army will reportedly cancel weight limits for its troops, letting obese soldiers stay in the service and continue to be eligible for promotions if they score well enough on their physical fitness tests. The rule change was revealed on Wednesday by the Army’s highest-ranking enlisted leader, Sergeant Major Michael Grinston, according to Military.com.

Speaking to soldiers at an Army conference in Washington, Grinston said, “If you score high on the ACFT (Army Combat Fitness Test), you should be good.”

Other changes to policies relating to weight are being considered and will be finalized by June, Grinston said. It hasn’t been decided when the rule changes will go into effect. The Army has historically required weigh-ins at least every six months and has barred troops who are considered too fat from reenlistment, promotion, transfers or eligibility to attend professional schools.

The rules changes come on the heels of the Army falling 25% short of its recruiting goal for its 2022 fiscal year, ended on September 30, despite enlistment bonuses being raised to as high as $50,000. They also come amid America’s obesity epidemic. More than 42% of US adults are obese, and nearly 71% of Americans born after 1997 are ineligible for military service, most commonly because they are too fat to qualify, according to Pentagon data.

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*Caesar intervened in Africa and Asia Minor before attacking North Africa, where he defeated Scipio in 46 BC at the Battle of Thapsus. Scipio and Cato committed suicide shortly thereafter. The following year, Caesar defeated the last of the Pompeians under his former lieutenant Labienus in the Battle of Munda.

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