U.S. Army Col. Lynette Arnhart: 'Use Average-Looking Women' for PR

Be … all that you can be. In the Ar-r-r-my.”

When it comes to public relations, that famous slogan only applies to women who are a whole lot of ugly—at least according to U.S. Army Colonel Lynette Arnhart and her embarrassing internal email, which leaked all over Politico yesterday.

Col. Arnhart thinks pretty women with fresh makeup on deployment aren’t portraying a proper image for a national communications strategy. This internal email was sent to two people, one of which determined the email would be best served if sent to everyone in his network. That

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