Being 36 when I went in I agree with this 100% I was called old man a lot.hell I was older than all but one of my drill sgt
New Direction for the war on terrorists.
Send Service Vets over 50!
I am over 50 and the Armed Forces think Iām too old to track down terrorists. You canāt be older than 42 to join the military. Theyāve got the whole thing assbackwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldnāt be able to join a military unit until youāre 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 havenāt lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. My back hurts! I canāt sleep, Iām tired and hungry. We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.
An 18 -year-old doesnāt even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said, Iām tired and canāt sleep and since Iām already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch.
If captured we couldnāt spill the beans because weād 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. Weāre used to getting screamed and yelled at, and weāre used to soft food. Weāve also developed an appreciation for guns. Weāve 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. Iāve been in combat and didnāt see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the Drill Sgt. in the New army now, Get down and give me ā¦ ER ā¦ one.
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. Iāve never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. Heās still learning to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasnāt figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.
These are just some of the great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harmās way.
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million pissed-off old farts with an attitude and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.
If nothing else, put us on border patrolā¦weāll have it secured the first night!
Share this with your senior friends. Itās purposely in big type so they can read it.
