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I'm 28, and have been in ten years. My guess is that the average E-1 to E-4 is 20-24 years old. They refer to me as 'the old man' because I know that Ozzy Osbourne had a job before he had a TV show. Gosh, I even have some of his songs--not on MP3, but on one of those primitive CDs! Doesn't the old man know that no one actually buys music anymore?!?!?

Funny stuff. Oh yeah, and go ahead and make comments about my academic ability and perceived brainpower ('can't spell very well'). I have a bachelor's degree (and am working on my master's) and have given more than one smart-ass college hippy a run for his money. And I'm not even the best among them--there are some Nuclear Power squids who can make me look stupid without even trying.

... Ozzy Osbourne had a job before he had a TV show. Gosh, I even have some of his songs--not on MP3, but on one of those primitive CDs!

CDs??? Those new fangled things? I've got Ozzy on vinyl... :)

Take care, and God Bless!!

H_ll, I can top that - I've Got Ozzy on vinyl. A sort of black plastic disk like thing, used during Fred Flintstone's time, occasionally recovered in archeological diggings...

My father's nickname in the 8th AF in WWII was Pappy, 'cause he was so old - 26 - flying B17s.
Most(all?) of the guys I deal with, officers - O5+, some E7s, have graduate degrees, a lot with PhD.s (PhD in a real subject not education - I know quite a few teachers and taught some Ed grad students in summer school - the dumbest students in college outside the AD). So I'm well aware of the quality. Most of my civilian friends are shocked and think I'm lying -they can't be THAT smart if they're in the service, etc. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. As a group I'd say the military is smarter than the general population. Easily smarter!

When I searched for the e-mail text I found it lots of places. I heard it more than a year ago on the radio and the average age of 19 stuck out like a sore thumb. I meant to track down a source but decided I've better things to do.