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Posted on 08/07/2012 8:06:17 PM PDT by boatbums
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Got this as an email the other day and thought Freepers would like it!
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:06:19 PM PDT
by
boatbums
To: boatbums
I think there is some sense in it, for real.
But I think the military should be willing to take anybody physically able to do something. A 60 year old may not be infantry material, but he certainly can be involved in military support like kp or paperwork.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:10:06 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Jonty30
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:12:36 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Romney will NEVER get my vote.)
To: boatbums; All
Voluntaring, yes. Drafting, no.
To: Jonty30
A 60 year old may not be infantry material, but he certainly can be involved in military support like kp or paperwork.
I'm 49 and have junk knees and I'm half blind but I'd be happy to take some stateside desk duty at military pay. Its better than contracting out to some overpriced data handling firm.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:16:23 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: boatbums
Once upon at time I thought we should all be “retired” between, say 30 and 50, then go back to work until we die.
My perspective has now changed somewhat, however.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:16:38 PM PDT
by
One Name
To: boatbums
I love it!
But as so many actions in life have become...
The mind may be more than willing, but the body is weak!
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:17:19 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: boatbums
Enjoyed it. Speaks to much truth
Thinking about sex at 60 not always true. Admittedly my circumstances slightly different. My wife is always asking me if that's all I ever have on my mind?
I look at her and smile and say . . . yup, pretty much!
To: berdie
Captain Zapp Brannigan: We need rest. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:21:00 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: boatbums
Trouble with old guys (60+) is that they really don’t like to be told what to do, and they are no longer impressed by empty heads with fancy titles and gold braid.
So your idea might be detrimental to the current command structure!
To: boatbums
Retired, extremely dangerous
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:24:55 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: boatbums
I'm ready and willing. Sadly, at 64 years of age I am not physically up to the challenge. Of course, there are things I could do - but I couldn't hack it as an infantryman. But I do have sons - and they are loyal to our cause. It is on them to take up the fight now.
God Bless the United States of America!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:27:09 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Leaning Right
Trouble with old guys (60+) is that they really dont like to be told what to do, and they are no longer impressed by empty heads with fancy titles and gold braid.
Exactly. When it comes to infantry, they like them young and dumb.
To: boatbums
Actually, this email is a description of the requirements to enlist in the crack military of Botswana.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:32:38 PM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(Congress - another name for white collar criminals!!)
To: mylife
Old men are the most dangerous of men.
If they can’t beat you, they will just kill you.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:33:23 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Leaning Right
"Trouble with old guys (60+) is that they really dont like to be told what to do, and they are no longer impressed by empty heads with fancy titles and gold braid."
Plus many have reached the conclusion that the only US Constitutionally compatible muzzie is a dead muzzie.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:33:45 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: boatbums
I’m too mean to go back in. I’d tell O-6’s to f**k themselves. We’re older, meaner, craftier, smarter.
God help any country that tries to occupy us....and that includes our own.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:35:40 PM PDT
by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
To: boatbums
Armed or not, I believe I’m a heck of a lot more potentially lethal at 60 than I was at 18.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:37:07 PM PDT
by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: Leaning Right
This is exactly the same reason why the high tech (and other industries) don’t like engineers over 45 to 50.
At this age, I’m really short of patience with incompetence and arrogance.
And having talked at length with young men who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, our military higher ranks have an abundance of both. The field grade officers get good marks, but the clowns from LTC on up? Pure, distilled stupidity.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:38:50 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: boatbums
I’m a 60 y/o Navy retiree who welcomes the prospect.
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posted on
08/07/2012 8:39:50 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(In Nov 2012 my 12 y/o granddaughter will have more relevant executive experience than Barack Obama)
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