I am almost 80 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 word-not-allowed 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 55.

                          
For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds.  Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a month, leaving us more than 280,000 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 bad-tempered and impatient, and maybe letting us kill some word not allowed 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 am.  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 son-of-a-word not allowed.
                          
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 never saw 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 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 terrorists.  The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million word not allowed off old farts with bad attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.
                          
HEY!!  How about recruiting Women over 50... in menopause!!!  You think MEN have attitudes??  Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!!  If nothing else, put them on border patrol.  They'll have it secured the first night!

Edited July 18, 20223 yr by W2DR
kant spel

I'm 87 and prove all that you say every day - with Sniper 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 and now 5 

83 and I am with you fellers.

 

I’m 59 and an ex-marine.

Lets cut to the chase here; get the old guys who start wars to fight ‘em.

Picture it; Saddam Hussein and his WMD v. Dick Cheney and his duck gun.

My money’s on Dick any day of the week!

 

 

Well, I'm 88 but not ready to go back.  Been there and done that for 26 years.  I need the time off now.

Noel

Edited July 18, 20223 yr by birdguy

I am 78 and despite a [somewhat] failing memory, I cannot forget my "number". 🙂

M.

22 minutes ago, Paladin said:

I am 78 and despite a [somewhat] failing memory, I cannot forget my "number". 🙂

M.

That's the last that goes. Just after my Mum's Co-op divi number. 😁 ***

*** It's an old English thing.

8 hours ago, W2DR said:

We're used to getting screamed and yelled at

That's what drove me to finally get hearing aids 8 months ago.  My wife has only 2 volume settings: very low & screaming, nothing in between.🦻

4 minutes ago, Mike A said:

That's what drove me to finally get hearing aids 8 months ago.  My wife has only 2 volume settings: very low & screaming, nothing in between.🦻

So that's what I'm hearing every so often! 🤔

4 minutes ago, charliearon said:

So that's what I'm hearing every so often!

... and before the hearing aids, sometimes I wasn't sure if it was me or the cats she was screaming at 🤔

9 hours ago, Paladin said:

I am 78 and despite a [somewhat] failing memory, I cannot forget my "number". 🙂

M.

Strange that - I doubt if anyone can ever forget their number

I still use mine as my password on most things👨‍🦳

I still remember my rifle number when I was a Marine (an M-1 Garand).  It was made by International Harvester,

Hearing aids....bah!  I have three and none of them are satisfactory.  The last one I bought (3000 USD) I only use to watch TV,  It clarifies the dialog.  But I can't stand the background noise.  When my wife is unloading the dishwasher in the kitchen it sounds like a foundry.  

Noel

Noel - If your TV has a speaker or audio output jack (almost all of them do) buy a set of good cordless earphones. Guaranteed to solve the problem. I'd recommend Sennheiser but there are several other good brands.....Doug

8 hours ago, jaytee73 said:

I still use mine as my password on most things👨‍🦳

 Now that is a really good idea 👍 

8 hours ago, jaytee73 said:

Strange that - I doubt if anyone can ever forget their number

I still use mine as my password on most things👨‍🦳

Ditto