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Hegseth sends home overweight National Guard troops
Posted on 10/14/25 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 10/14/25 at 3:54 pm
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has celebrated the apparent reassignment of overweight Texas National Guard troopers in Chicago whose photo went viral last week.
"Standards are back at the Department of War," crowed the former Fox News host on his personal X account on Monday, linking to a news story about the soldiers.
Hegseth has repeatedly grouched about fitness standards in the Armed Forces, saying in April that troops "need to be fit, not fat" and telling hundreds of top military leaders summoned to Virginia last month that he found it "tiring" to see "fat troops".
But when the Texas National Guard arrived outside Chicago last week as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, Associated Press photographer Erin Hooley snapped a picture of several troopers who were visibly carrying extra weight — which soon spread widely on social media.
On Sunday the Texas Military Department confirmed that it had replaced "a small group" of the 200 National Guard members serving in Illinois, though it refused to specify which troops, how many, or why they were removed.
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Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:04 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:06 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Someone has been pencil whipping some PT cards!
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:07 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
meal team six. Pritzker should like them.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:09 pm to RougeDawg
No more DEI… what are we gonna do now lol.
This post was edited on 10/14/25 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:10 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Well, they could keep them on the job serving as bollards to stop vehicles. It would save money.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:11 pm to 21blackjack
Make the take Ozembic and put them in PT.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:12 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Look at the muzzle control of that middle dude.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:18 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Does the Army NG still have a weight control program?
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:25 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Good but the big boy in the middle looks tough. I’d want him around
Posted on 10/14/25 at 4:53 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Should be no excuse why those dudes look like plate cleaners, whip them baws in shape
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:02 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
The guy on the right looks like Sgt Slaughter 
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:09 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Yeah, I’d keep that big bastard in the middle.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:25 pm to George Dickel
quote:Yes, but it is nearly impossible to implement on M-Day status.
Does the Army NG still have a weight control program?
Best you can realistically do is flag them from re-enlisting, and hope they get an RE-2 or RE-3 re-enlistment code which would make it difficult for them to rejoin without meeting ABCP standards.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:30 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Have to admit, when I saw Chicago + that pic first thing I thought of was:
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:35 pm to 21blackjack
Shape up or ship out. If you can't meet the standards then go do something else. I am glad that they are starting to enforce higher standards. Also not just referring to the military. I makes society better for everyone involved.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 5:44 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
“This we’ll defend…”
Posted on 10/14/25 at 6:01 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I’m betting they are happy. Is he processing them out?
Posted on 10/14/25 at 6:07 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Posted on 10/14/25 at 6:28 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
6 months to lose 60lb or you're out.
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