Next time some older Armchair Warmonger says hes too old to enlist

Show him THIS...56 yr old grandma in the Reserves called to active duty....IN IRAQ
LINCOLN, Neb. -- At a time when most people are looking forward to retirement, Connie Greenwood is preparing for combat. The 56-year-old Greenwood looks less a soldier and more like somebody's grandmother. And she is.

But she also holds the rank of First Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves as member of the 308th Transportation Company in Lincoln. Greenwood has been called to active duty for the first time in her 26 years as a reservist.

Greenwood said the timing of her first deployment could not be better. She said she would rather be called to active duty now than right before her retirement in four years.


http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/2640629/detail.html

Well, that should shut those gasbags at FR up.....

Those chickenhawks who whine they are too old to enlist and sit on their PC's yelling about how wonderful Georgie Porgies war is, and yell and holler about how wonderful it is to watch our kids die for Terra, all the while sitting and ordering pizzas as they make ass grooves in their Lazy Boy chairs...well no more...get your middle aged warmongering arses on the front lines you seedy SOB's or shut the F*** up.

Is that the upper age limit?

...the age limit is 44.
You've got to be able to finish up your 20 years by the age of 65. The military usually starts trying to get you to retire at the age of 60 unless you're absolutly critical or a three-star REMF trying to get his or her fourth.

If you've never served before, the maximum age is 37 for the reserves and officers, and 35 for enlisted active duty - or it was back in the 1990's.

I suspect as troop requirements increase, the max age limit might rise to around 45 or 50 so long as one is able-bodied.

Haele

I don't know why.

At least she has lived a good number of years. It's sad but no sadder than risking younger lives.

This was indicated in an article a month ago or so. I think he was being interviewed about the Burger King being built in Iraq.

I'm goddamn glad I cut the chord as soon as my active duty was up. If they come after me I'm going to jail or seeking asylum in another country.

When on IRC a year ago, I was lighting into a 20-something rabid rightwinger over the (then upcoming) Iraq war. As you can imagine, at one point in the back-and-forth I asked him when he was signing up to go fight in Iraq. Here was his true to life answer, no editing....

"I don't have to. My dad went to 'Nam so our obligation has been fulfilled."

Unbelievable.


"Don't mind him...he's young and set in his ways." - Quentin Terontino

I don't know what is more disturbing-- the fact that Grandma is being sent off to kill Arabs for oil, or that she is so gung-ho about it.

:crazy:

The post I live on as seen it's share of 50 year olds and older going off to Iraq. The oldest so far was 63, and had just retired from his civilian job when he was called.

told whoever it is you tell, that he was available for active duty if they wanted him or could use him.

I just sorta shrugged it off. Never dreamed they might actually call him back.

He just turned 69. Hopefully off the charts.