[af_vet_rr]

Imagine a young troop putting a 40 year old at attention and screaming at him when his barracks doesn't pass inspection.

Putting aside the fact that most 40 year olds who are motivated enough to go through something like this are probably a helluva lot more responsible and mature than an 18 or 19 year old going through basic, they would have to be dealt with in other ways.

Screaming in somebody's face isn't going to do a damn thing to somebody who's been married for more than a few years ;-) (and here comes the flames from the ladies)

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I'm not sure how they do it in the Reserves, but having been discharged from the Guard in 1992, I looked a few years ago at reenlisting and asked if I would have to go back through Basic and AIT. I was told that anybody who's already been through Basic or bootcamp is exempt. Not sure if that's really true or not, but it did make sense. I don't know very many vets who would want to go through it again. Personally, I know I couldn't put up with the screaming, physical, and mental BS like I did when I was 17.

As it is, given the fact I have a bad back and arthritic knee, there's no way I could pass the physical just to enlist.