"Large" soldiers in uniform
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Just met a NSF on the bus today. A very "large" chap. Ok, to put it bluntly he was fat. REALLY fat. I'm surprised they even have a number 4 that could fit him. I've nothing against portly folks. In fact many of my friends are on the large side.
But doesn't it look a little odd having fat (almost obese) men walking around in army garb? Ok so we aren't a "famous" armed forces like the Americans or Israelis, but surely there's a little something to be said about image.
Having an obese, or almost obese person in uniform I feel portrays the wrong image. Yes, we are a citizen's army & every man counts. Indeed, many of these obese folks do contribute be it as storemen or clerks. But imagine if you are a foreigner (tourist, foreign "talent", wat have you). And you see these ppl walking around in SAF PT kit with the word ARMY or in smart 4. What would you think?
Israel, Korea & Taiwan also have NS, but I don't see obese servicemen in those countries' uniforms. Granted that I don't live there so I MIGHT have missed them. But still.............
I'm not saying obese folks should be exempted from NS. But for those who are non-combat fit & are almost guaranteed a non-combat vocation, maybe we should just excuse them from uniforms. Let them wear civvies instead. -
please use some common sense.
do you sincerely believe there are no obese soldiers in other countries? -
You obviously have not seen the US National Guard.
or the Haaretz coverage featuring Israeli reservists in Lebanon.
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Its a disgrace to SAF to NOT have uniforms that can fit our larger friends. Not the other way around. These guys maybe obese, but they still serve their 2 years. Its SAF that needs to wake up and start providing properly sized uniforms. U think obese people like to walk around in No.4 thats obviously too tight for them?Originally posted by sgf:Just met a NSF on the bus today. A very "large" chap. Ok, to put it bluntly he was fat. REALLY fat. I'm surprised they even have a number 4 that could fit him. I've nothing against portly folks. In fact many of my friends are on the large side.
But doesn't it look a little odd having fat (almost obese) men walking around in army garb? Ok so we aren't a "famous" armed forces like the Americans or Israelis, but surely there's a little something to be said about image.
Having an obese, or almost obese person in uniform I feel portrays the wrong image. Yes, we are a citizen's army & every man counts. Indeed, many of these obese folks do contribute be it as storemen or clerks. But imagine if you are a foreigner (tourist, foreign "talent", wat have you). And you see these ppl walking around in SAF PT kit with the word ARMY or in smart 4. What would you think?
Israel, Korea & Taiwan also have NS, but I don't see obese servicemen in those countries' uniforms. Granted that I don't live there so I MIGHT have missed them. But still.............
I'm not saying obese folks should be exempted from NS. But for those who are non-combat fit & are almost guaranteed a non-combat vocation, maybe we should just excuse them from uniforms. Let them wear civvies instead. -
they do have uniforms big enough for them, just that they are tailor made for themOriginally posted by Shotgun:Its a disgrace to SAF to NOT have uniforms that can fit our larger friends. Not the other way around. These guys maybe obese, but they still serve their 2 years. Its SAF that needs to wake up and start providing properly sized uniforms. U think obese people like to walk around in No.4 thats obviously too tight for them? -
Wait till u do reservist, u will see a horde of such soldiers. No.4 fit on ORD date might not fit 6 mths down the road hor.
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haha good eating and negligible exercise
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there were obese coys in ITD in the late 1980's, avg weight 100kg, heaviest was 120 lightest abt 80kg.
yes, their No 4 had to be sepecially indented. "XXXL" is not a SF horror
Basically every male should serve NS, even the weakest should be given a chance to 'do their part'; leaving one person out just because we cannot find a role was never a consideration (not should it ever be).
I've got a friend who was 140kg (Cat C3) being storeman at GEB, someone who is was leaglly blind in one eye but eventually went on to Oxford to do maths, why deny them the honour to do NS, just beacuse of narrow perception of fighting fit means filling a medium size No 4?
so what if you are fit physically, are you mentally tough? -
comeon la,
every countries also hav "Large" soldiers in uniform leh,
which country dont hav?
its juz whether they hav alot or little of them,
bet u nv seen much abt foreign soldiers in camps
or u hav been to NS yet,my fren? -
yeah. we should cull all obese people.
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obese army dudes.......hmmmmm.....anyways.........never underestimate each individual...... your statement invites the though that you were saying that fat dudes are lousy???? sounds like.....anyway
analogous to this example would be the phrase...never judge a book by its cover.........there are some who are fat.....but bursting with energy.............
they may have more talents than their physical looks count.......look at the other side of things to see something better instead of pure physical appearances.........
appearances can be deceiving! -
Limpei ORD in 1998. You think whether I have been to NS or not leh?Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:bet u nv seen much abt foreign soldiers in camps
or u hav been to NS yet,my fren?