Airmen can resort to drastic measures to meet the service’s waist measurement requirements because exceeding the limit by just half an inch can cause them to be reprimanded, demoted or even kicked out of the service. In this week’s Air Force Times, airmen tell their stories about what they’ve put themselves through to meet waist measurement requirements, including severely dehydrating themselves and slathering themselves in hemorrhoid cream. In other news: A tech. sergeant has been convicted for the death of his 7-week-old son, part of an alarming increase in the deaths of children under the care of airmen. Read what…
