Old Soldier

[JohnP]

I retired in 1984, after 9/11 I wrote a letter to the Army Chief of Staff asking to be recalled - denied.  I then wrote the Sec of Defense also denied.  At wits end I didn't know what to do so I wrote a letter to the Commander SOCOM asking that he review my records and if he felt it appropriate to intervene in my behalf.  I got a recall notice about a month later.  But only for two years and only stateside duty.  Once I got back to Ft Bragg I found out who the Personnel Sergeant was and in a short period of time we became best friends.  I shipped out to Afghanistan about two months later.  I got this from an old friend who I served with in Afghanistan and he wanted to know if I was the one who wrote it.  Wish I had,   
' Send Service Vets over 60'!


I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military.



They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're 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 haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts!  I can't sleep, I'm 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 doesn't 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, 'I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical S-of-a-B....

 
If  captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd 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.  We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns.. We've 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. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.



Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.

 
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl.  He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his  head.



These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.

 
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple of million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.




***How about recruiting Women over 50 ....with PMS !!!



You think Men have attitudes !!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!!

 
If nothing else, put them on border patrol....we  will have it secured the first night!

 
Share this with your senior friends.. It's purposely in big type so they can read it.



And NO, nothing good or bad will happen if you don't forward this.....

in fact you may just forget, and that's alright too....

[Bopeye]

I'm all for that!! Keep our babies at home.

[Yotehntr]

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OMG my side hurts!

[FinsnFur]

  Thats gooooooood.