Some Texas Army National Guard soldiers deployed to Chicago have been sent home for failing to meet fitness standards after a photo of obese troops went viral. "A small group" of the 200 National Guard soldiers sent to Illinois last week have been replaced for not being "in compliance" with its validation process. The embarassing switch comes after the inter-galactically unqualified SECDEF Pete "Hic!" Hegseth, a former weekend TV tumor on Faux News, whined that he was tired of seeing "fat troops" giving the military "a bad look" during a boring speech to hundreds of senior military commanders on 30 Sep. After the soporific screed, Hegseth mandated that active-duty troops take two physical fitness tests each year and work out every day. Hegseth praised the Texas National Guard replacements in a social media post: "Standards are back at The @DeptofWar," the racist misogynist boasted on social media, until the chubby BBQ-loving Texans were photographed.