1 posted on
03/22/2005 3:56:04 AM PST by
Flavius
To: Flavius
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Missed it by seven years!
2 posted on
03/22/2005 4:00:08 AM PST by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Flavius
MY GOODNESS! They raised the age!
It's not like people are living longer, healthier lives these days. Nothing has changed since they instituted the age!
3 posted on
03/22/2005 4:11:15 AM PST by
LauraleeBraswell
( CONSERVATIVE FIRST-Republican second.)
To: Flavius
Recruiting is hard up. I could be retired before some people even enlist. That's scary. It's too bad it came to this, but the personnel shortage is on the brink of disaster. It's a shame that the military didn't fix retention at the right end, and instead is just looking to pull more people off the streets in the hope they stay in long enough to be replaced. Even that's a losing strategy, but at least its sustainable.
The only way to really fix this is to attract the right kind of soldiers, and to do the right things to keep them in. We don't do either anymore.
4 posted on
03/22/2005 4:15:04 AM PST by
Steel Wolf
(Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. Mark it zero, Dude.)
To: Flavius
We need to raise the mininum age to 21 since 18 yearolds can't be trusted to drink.
18 posted on
03/22/2005 6:12:13 AM PST by
biblewonk
(Neither was the man created for woman but the woman for the man.)
To: Flavius
The problem with this is that in the 4 1/2 years since 9/11, those who were within this increased enlistment age limit and were turned away due to being "too old" are still deemed too old and turned away.
21 posted on
03/22/2005 6:58:29 AM PST by
fso301
To: Flavius; Mama_Bear; Howlin; onyx; Old Sarge; All
AWESOME! Next step: raise the army's active duty age requirement to 39 or 40 a.s.a.p.
24 posted on
03/23/2005 3:17:31 AM PST by
tame
(Are you willing to be as shamless for the truth as leftists are for a lie?)
To: All; Mama_Bear; shield; lara; Jim Robinson; notpoliticallycorewrecked; JustAmy; FresnoArmyBrat; ...
25 posted on
03/23/2005 4:37:46 AM PST by
tame
(Are you willing to be as shamless for the truth as leftists are for a lie?)
To: Flavius
They raised the age...
Why would the army want a 33yr old husband and father of 2(4yr and 3 week old)?
37 posted on
03/23/2005 7:10:01 AM PST by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com)
To: Flavius
Ping me when they get to 59.
41 posted on
03/23/2005 7:23:30 AM PST by
jpsb
To: Flavius
Time to bring back the draft. Seriously.
57 posted on
03/23/2005 11:48:44 AM PST by
Ronzo
(God ALONE is enough.)
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