Pentagon officials circulated messages across multiple military branches to identify troops able to attend UFC Freedom 250 on June 14 on the White House South Lawn. The event is tied to plans celebrating America’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday, with setup already underway. Internal communications indicate a focus on junior enlisted personnel and junior officers. An Air Force memo requires meeting current waist-height ratio and current physical fitness standards, and attending in short-sleeve dress uniforms. Service members are expected to procure and pay their own travel expenses. Additional guidance emphasizes quick-turn tasking, distributing tickets to genuine UFC fans rather than only high-ranking distinguished visitors, and encouraging nominations from installations outside the NCR, with a waist-height ratio requirement below 0.55.
"Defense Department officials have circulated messages across multiple military branches in recent days in an attempt to identify troops who can attend the June 14 event, dubbed UFC Freedom 250. The fights are part of Trump's broader plans to both celebrate America's 250th anniversary and his own 80th birthday, and will take place on the White House South Lawn with set-up already underway. These internal communications indicate that officials are specifically looking for junior enlisted personnel and junior officers."
"One Air Force memo reportedly states that eligible troops MUST MEET CURRENT WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO and current physical fitness standard and will be expected to show up in short-sleeve dress uniforms. The report also detailed that travel expenses for service members will be member-procured, meaning attendees will be responsible for arranging and paying for their own transportation. As the Post noted, junior troops make up the military's lowest pay grades."
"Another internal message, which was posted on Facebook and referenced in the article, described the search for attendees as a quick-turn tasking and stressed that tickets must be distributed to genuine UFC fans, not solely to high-ranking DVs, meaning distinguished visitors. It added, Commands are encouraged to identify and nominate personnel from installations and units outside the NCR, referring to the D.C. area, and specified the required waist-height ratio as less than 0.55."
"Pentagon spokesman Joel Valdez declined to comment on the effort, according to the paper. The UFC also did not immedi"
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