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Why not draft the old guys!

660 views 19 replies 17 participants last post by  Crazy Carl  
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I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-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 month, leaving us more than 280,000 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. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.' We are bad-tempered and impatient, and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while..
An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell. Besides, like I said, I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing somefanatical son-of-a-bitch.
If captured we couldn't spill thebeans 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're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however... I've been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too... 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 start a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.
These are all great reasons to keepour 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 terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want tosee is a couple million pissed off old farts with bad attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are already behind them.
HEY... How about recruiting Women over 50...in menopause!!!
You think MEN have attitudes??Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!!
If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll have it secured the first night!
 
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I'd go back in a heartbeat if not for being separated from my loved ones for so long.

The number of people w actual time on top of nonUS boats is very low and more and more Russian and Chinese subs are putting out to sea.
 
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Not I, brother. I loved "my guys" & the job, but a) that shit is a young man's game & b) the further up the ladder I was able to climb, the more my disgust for the nepotism, back-stabbing & bullshit in the leadership ranks grew. There were (& are, I'm sure) NCOs & Officers I'd follow through the gates of hell, whistling Dixie all the way, but their numbers are few & far between 'n I suspect the current political climate hasn't increased their numbers one tiny little bit.
 
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And it's nurture, not nature up there, as you say. My brother moved there for a job in '81 after finishing school here and is still there. I called him to ask some questions about Romney (as governor) when he was running for the GOP nomination. My brother acted surprised that I would ask him about that and said "We don't vote for Republicans up here." End of conversation.
 
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The only part from paragrain's post that I vehemently disagree with, is the part about sex. I'm 51 and to be honest, I think about sex more now, then when I was in my late teens through my 20's and 30's. Back then, I was too busy and stressed about school and after school was done, I was too busy worrying about building a life for the future. Now that I'm past all of that, I have time to think about sex again just like I did when I was 13. Thank you drypowder and cabledawg for the eye candy you provide me on here.:D
 
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