Posted on 07/29/2006 11:04:53 AM PDT by SandRat
Now that's a tough Mom!
Cool.
"Aw Mom, do you have to go? None of the other guy's moms will be in boot camp"
Kinda gives a new meaning to the slur:
"Your momma wears combat boots".
I wonder if they'd accept 50?
There was a song a remember in the 70's (maybe from Alice's Restaurant?) being interviewed by a recruiter, the subject said something like: "I wanna Kill, I wanna see blood"..does anyone remember this?
Its how I feel, if I could kill..see the blood of the enemy.I'd join..no doubt
SpankenTruppen Ping
Once upon a time ... it was considered an insult to say "your mom wears army boots"... now we have women carrying the water for men. How sad.
God, how I envy her.
Now if they would just extend the age limit to, say, 62?, I would beat feet to the nearest recruiter and sign up in a NY minute.
May have slowed down a tad, but I and other Vets (IMHO) have a lot to offer and most of us could still cut it in lots of areas.
Very frustrating to have to sit back here knowing I/we could contribute in a meaningful way, but guess we have to let our "younger" troops carry the ball for the rest of us.
God Bless and protect all of our Military, wherever they may be.
Call and check. They may still be reducing your age by the number of years your have of active military to if you have 6 years military service, to the recruiter you're only 44.
I have no previous military. I only have desire and attitude.
Seasoned Traditionalist, however...
Well,....
Go see a recruiter and talk to him about posibly being a JROTC instructor
Contact the Navy League there may be a Sea Cadet Ship that you can help with
Contact the C.A.P. they may need help
Contact the Marine Corps League there may be a Young Marine Battlain nearby that needs help.
Maybe not what you wanted but you'll be helping to shape the next generation of warriors to the Drill Seargents/Drill Instructors quality recruits to work with.
Not that this matters, but I agree with you. A woman, a mother expecially, should always be trained for defense. But I just can't get too excited about a 40 year old mother leaving her kids at home to fight in a war. She's going off to fight Islamoterrorists with her daughter while her huusband stays home.
Well then see reply #12
Thanks!
Anyway it goes..I will fight for this country.
Good for her. I was a 23 year old female law school grad when I joined the JAG corps and there is not a day goes by I don't think about whether they need me now...
If only cindy sheehan would take cues from this brave woman and do something usefull to honor her sons memory. Instead of her traitorous, cowardly blame game against President Bush. She is only serving to give aid and comfort to the enemy and hurting moral for the military. I feel sorry for this woman that this woman has had the grief of her son's death twisted into pure hatred directed at President Bush. She should stop her campign of hate and try to resovle her pain, sorrow, and sadness at losing her son. Not to sound like a star wars geek but it reminds me of a quote from yoda that goes something like "Fear leads to Anger. Anger leads to Hate. Hate leads to suffering."
Funny, I feel hate for sheehan. If I were not a civilized human being, I would put that into action.
AS it stands now, I can only hope some poor, misled, crazy person does it for me.
Never know for sure until you ask.
God bless her, from a vet.
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