You can imagine Colonel Tim Bush’s dismay back in March 2013 when people came up to him and asked him why he was no longer in command of Grand Forks Air Base in North Dakota.

“Why, because I got chubby,” Bush would have to say, as he held sucked in his gut like a Caddyshack extra.

Sadly, he would’ve been telling the truth, because that’s precisely what went down.

He really was relieved of his duty as head of the base due to the fact that he wasn’t as slim as he once was, or should have been, according to the United States Air Force.

This from a story published by USA Today on March 25, 2013:

Bush had failed the physical fitness test because his waistline was measured at 41 inches, 2 inches above the limit, he said.

“Bush was not relieved for alleged misconduct or wrongdoing,” a news release from Air Mobility Command said.

The colonel told his airmen the same day, announcing it at the end of a routine commander’s call.

“I closed by discussing our Air Force traditions, our core values and our standards, and that we are the greatest Air Force the world has ever seen because we have standards and we enforce those standards and we hold people accountable,” Bush told Air Force Times. “In this case, I didn’t meet it, so I need to step down as commander.

“I offered the wing a final salute and then I left the stage,” Bush said.