By Katie Pavlich
First Lady Michelle Obama is still on her food crusade and
this time shes going after the military saying poor nutrition in our armed forces is a national security issue.
First lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that poor nutrition in the military was a national security issue and praised the armed forces for taking steps to bring healthier options onto bases.
Our military leaders know that this is not just a diet issue; its not just a health issue. This is truly a national security issue Obama said. According to a recent Army study more than a quarter of our nations 17- to 24-year-olds are too overweight to serve in our armed forces today. And even those who make the cut often struggle in basic training.
Obama was in Little Rock Ark. to announce a new healthy food initiative within the Department of Defense that will bring more whole grains fruits vegetables and low-fat options to 1000 military dining facilities affecting nearly 1.5 million troops.
That means more DoD installations will offer the kind of fresh healthy food that the Air Forces Food Transformation Initiative helped bring here to Little Rock Obama said referring to a pilot program launched at the Little Rock Air Force Base.
First of all Im all for feeding the troops healthier food but I doubt what Michelle Obama has to offer is appealing to them. Surely our troops really want a fluffy whole grain muffin after long day at boot camp. Second why is she concerned about not enough people joining the Army when her
husband just gutted our military in favor of the nanny state and entitlement programs. And third this is going to be expensive:
The DoD is also going to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of every single military base in America to make sure theyre serving healthy food not just to those in uniform but to their families the first lady said. Theyll be looking to improve the food served in dining facilities school cafeterias vending machines snack bars and any other places where military families purchase food.
In closing President Obama has cut the armed forces citing budgetary issues so his wife is willing to spend millions of defense dollars on some fancy study to evaluate how bad the food is while her husband claims there isnt enough money to keep troops the payroll.
Katie Pavlich the News Editor at Townhall.com. Follow her on Twitter @katiepavlich.
