[Iris7]

Yeah, they won't look at me either. They just want the young, dumb, enthusiastic, and obedient. Got a bunch of young officers who don't want a subordinate old enough to be their father.

Perhaps their fear is justified. Out come a batch of orders, the usual sort of stuff, and the old buck sargent takes the young captain, colonel, whatever aside and tells him, "Sir, you don't want to do that."

The young officer knows that the old boy knows what he is saying, so he has to say to the troops either "I just now figured out my orders are full of (stuff), forget about them", or he can tell the old sargent "Did I hear you say that you want to be a private?" to which the old boy will answer, "No Sir, I just don't want to kill the lads for no reason."

The young officer tells the old timer, "Get lost, PRIVATE." The old timer responds, "With all due respect, Sir, I demand a Court Martial."

See?

[Wneighbor]

Heh, when I was of an age to be accepted into the military it was never a consideration, being a mother always came first. And I don't regret that one single bit, I'm bothered that mothers are deployed away from their kids. But, that's a different topic. LOL

Now that my kids are raised, I know that I would be an asset to our military, however, I guess not the way they need. I have looked into employment with companies supporting our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan and with my current job contract ending in May I would probably accept a position doing something in that area. Don't know if the opportunity will come around for me - but I would certainly be willing to serve my country in that way.