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To some of these old timers on here, Is this not the old saying "when I went to school it was up hills both ways in the snow with no shoes on". As an active duty E-7 I feel the training is pretty good for a bunch of people that signed up because they wanted to not because Uncle Sugar made them. I hope the draft never comes back.

You're right. And thank you for your service in these difficult times. Before there's a draft they should allow us "old timers" back in. I'm sure there's a bunch of guys in their 40's and 50's that could still kick some butt.

As an active duty E-7 I feel the training is pretty good for a bunch of people that signed up because they wanted to not because Uncle Sugar made them. I hope the draft never comes back.

I agree. I served in the 101st Airborne in the 60's and it is an all volunteer unit. My son is a Lt. in Iraq and came up through the ranks. Although I think our physical training was tougher he is better supplied, more informed, better trained and in general a better soldier than we were. However we are competitive. At 62 I could still do 3 miles in 23 min. and stayed with him. He woke up when in a training exercise where he led a attack on a airborne bunker and was repelled and in retreat, a airborne Sgt. in full gear left the bunker, covered 2 miles in open country in 12 min and 40 sec. and ambushed him terminating the exercise. Thats tough in any man's day.