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Author: TriSec
Date: 10/14/2025 09:17:32
Good Morning.
Things are getting more bizarre each day.
While Texans might love their barbecue, it looks like that makes them too fat for the SecDef's liking.
You can't make this stuff up anymore. Literally. Not the Onion today.
Things are getting more bizarre each day.
While Texans might love their barbecue, it looks like that makes them too fat for the SecDef's liking.
After an uproar on social media over photos of Texas National Guard deployed to Illinois appearing to be overweight, some of them have been sent back home.
A spokesperson for the Texas Military Department confirmed to Task & Purpose that “a small group” of the 200 National Guard members have been replaced after they were found to not meet military weight standards.
The troops were “mobilized for an initial period of 60 days and will be under the command and control of the Commander of U.S. Northern Command.”
"Standards are back at The @DeptofWar,” wrote Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on X.
You can't make this stuff up anymore. Literally. Not the Onion today.
