DRAFTING GUYS OVER SIXTY
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This tells why having an age limit to join the military is a good idea.
Drafting Guys Over 60
Im over 60 and the Armed Forces say I'm too old to track down terrorists. (You can't be older than 35 to join the military.)
They've got the whole thing backwards. Instead of sending 18-year-olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.
For starters:
Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds.
Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. If we can't kill the enemy we'll complain them into submission. "My back hurts! I'm hungry! Where's the remote?"
An 18-year-old hasn't had a legal beer yet and you shouldn't go to war until you're at least old enough to drink. The average old guy, on the other hand, has consumed 126,000 gallons of beer, and a jaunt through the desert heat with a beer and an M-60 would do wonders for the old beer belly. (Note there are 24 hours in a day and 24 bottles in a case...another convenient way to measure time!)
An 18-year-old doesn't like to get up before 10 a.m.
Old guys always get up early to pee.
If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we like soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns.
We like them almost better than naps.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the Drill Sgt now, "Get down and give me ... er ... one."
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to carry on a conversation, and he hasn't figured out that a pierced tongue catches food particles, and that a 400-watt speaker in the back seat of a Honda can rupture an eardrum, and that a baseball cap has a brim to shade eyes, not the back of his head. These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten cowards who attacked us on September 11. The last thing an enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million old farts with attitudes.
Share this with your senior friends. It's purposely in big type so you can read it.
This tells why having an age limit to join the military is a good idea.
Drafting Guys Over 60
Im over 60 and the Armed Forces say I'm too old to track down terrorists. (You can't be older than 35 to join the military.)
They've got the whole thing backwards. Instead of sending 18-year-olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.
For starters:
Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds.
Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. If we can't kill the enemy we'll complain them into submission. "My back hurts! I'm hungry! Where's the remote?"
An 18-year-old hasn't had a legal beer yet and you shouldn't go to war until you're at least old enough to drink. The average old guy, on the other hand, has consumed 126,000 gallons of beer, and a jaunt through the desert heat with a beer and an M-60 would do wonders for the old beer belly. (Note there are 24 hours in a day and 24 bottles in a case...another convenient way to measure time!)
An 18-year-old doesn't like to get up before 10 a.m.
Old guys always get up early to pee.
If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we like soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns.
We like them almost better than naps.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the Drill Sgt now, "Get down and give me ... er ... one."
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to carry on a conversation, and he hasn't figured out that a pierced tongue catches food particles, and that a 400-watt speaker in the back seat of a Honda can rupture an eardrum, and that a baseball cap has a brim to shade eyes, not the back of his head. These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten cowards who attacked us on September 11. The last thing an enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million old farts with attitudes.
Share this with your senior friends. It's purposely in big type so you can read it.
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90% of the time, PT is so when shtf, troops can run.
if 60 year olds were in, theyd all walk or get caught after having a heart attack.
YOU GO hump a 100 lb pack! i'll watch!
60 year olds dont heal as fast. 1 week in the bush, would require a month to recoop....let alone a wound.
eye sight is crucial....blue wire red wire? booom.
thinking about sex with sweety is sometimes what makes a man fight better and want to stay alive longer.
reaction time is crucial. young kids dont think about the moral issue of killing. older people start to doubt the ill's of war....after seeing so much of it.
no, i say burn out the young kids. they can recover easier. trust me, the military has thought this out. its why youre considered an old man at 38.[;)]
the only positive thing for over 60's going to war would be after 40 years of marriage, some might pray for a chance at death.[:X]0 -
Nice Chevelle! What year? I could never tell the difference between 66 or 67! 0 -
...There is a MOS designation for "greeter"...[:D] 
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I can't believe that i tried to kill that bug[:(!] 0 -
Older Guys aint going to take stupid orders, and ifn your a draft dodger you can run for president of this country, and be the commander and chief. 0 -
this one is a 67 ss . working on a 66 ss nowquote:Originally posted by Chevy II 429
Nice Chevelle! What year? I could never tell the difference between 66 or 67!0 -
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7058853
The age limit is NOT 35.0 -
Nice one. That was funny. I'll have to show that to my dad! 0 -
I don't see why older guys couldn't go help out on non-combat duties, just like the seebee's of WW-2.
I'm a truck driver and I'd vollenteer to go, except for 1 thing. They won't let me be armed.
I'll be damned if I'll vollintarily go into a hostle war zone unarmed. The Seebee's were armed.0 -
last i checked, a man is only allowed to reach 55 with retirement, making max recruiting age for enlisted, 35.
officers have no age limit.
another reason old guys wont go into service is by the time they reach 60, they have achieved a level of employee value. there isnt a swinging richard whos gonna work for an E1's wage at 60. its less than welfare.0 -
Haliburton Truck drivers are making $80K TAX FREE. 0 -
The reason most soldiers are 18 is the older one gets the more sense one has to know war is for those with no sense.
If every soldier on both sides were 60 they would call the other side up and blame the ones responsible and go get the politicians hang their sorry butts and make peace.
At 58 I have no desire to go tromping around the hills of Afghanistan.
Put me in an air conditioned blind with a .338 Lapua sniper and nothing within 2000 meters would live.
Ask me to leave and hike through the hills would add you to my one shot one kill list!!
No, the older one gets the more sense one has and few with such sense watches the last 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan and says wooeee that looks like fun!
I prefer CoD2. War without a reset button is stupid!
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I don't see why older guys couldn't go help out on non-combat duties, just like the seebee's of WW-2.
I'm a truck driver and I'd vollenteer to go, except for 1 thing. They won't let me be armed.
I'll be damned if I'll vollintarily go into a hostle war zone unarmed. The Seebee's were armed.
We did and we are. I was 49 and my boss was 56. We had several near 60 and we also had one who was a Viet Nam vet. So yes, old farts can and do serve.0 -
State Military Reserve. Still serving at 63. SRPs, weapons qual, driver training. 0 -
didnt think this email would start a debate[:p] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by bobski
another reason old guys wont go into service is by the time they reach 60, they have achieved a level of employee value. there isnt a swinging richard whos gonna work for an E1's wage at 60. its less than welfare.
By that time he should at least be E4p[:)] and don't forget they get extra pay for Time-In-Grade, an e4 with lots of time in grade can make as much as a junior officer.0
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