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Put the over 60 s to war ..


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#1 tajul

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 14:42

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 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. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.' We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some ******* that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for awhile..


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 some fanatical son-of-a-bitch.


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'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 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 coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pi$$ed off old farts with 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!


#2 +exotoxic

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 14:57

i don't think the army wants people with attitude, it wants people that say yes and no, no questions asked.

#3 jnelsoninjax

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 15:04

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Posted 16 October 2012 - 06:59

View Postexotoxic, on 08 October 2012 - 14:57, said:

i don't think the army wants people with attitude, it wants people that say yes and no, no questions asked.
Yea one would think that.

#5 alwaysonacoffebreak

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Posted 16 October 2012 - 07:05

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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!

Hahaha. Nice. :laugh:

#6 moloko

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Posted 16 October 2012 - 07:14

The military wants people they can mold in to soldiers. If anything could use the over 60 crowd as front line cannon fodder then we would not need to worry so much about Social Security and Medicare.

Do you know what you are talking about? I am sure they would love it. slow moving targets are easy targets.

Most of these points are all wrong but the military has been lowering standards. so many out of shape soldiers walking around now. there is a big difference between the soldiers that go outside the wire and those that sit inside everyday.


Besides they do hire older people now. They are called CONTRACTORS.

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Posted 16 October 2012 - 07:43

Granpa skipped his meds again.........