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  • 55-Year-Old Soldier Joins Army, Graduates From Basic Combat Training

    05/29/2014 4:09:38 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 27 replies
    NBC Bay Area ^ | Thursday, May 29, 2014 | Riya Bhattacharjee
    Sgt. 1st Class John Taffe might be the oldest person to graduate from basic combat training. Sgt. 1st Class John Taffe may be 55 years old, but he definitely doesn’t act his age. That’s because Taffe may possibly be the oldest person to graduate from basic combat training – tackling sit-ups, push-ups and barbed-wire low crawls like any other young soldier in his class. A resident of Alameda, Taffe graduated from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Thursday after a demanding 2 1/2-month training. He’s a former sailor, having served 14 years with the U.S. Navy before being released from active duty...