Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

WOULD YOU ENLIST TODAY, TO JOIN THE WAR ON TERROR, IF THE MILITARY WOULD HAVE YOU?
self | 6-29-2004 | self - vanity - poll

Posted on 06/29/2004 1:44:09 PM PDT by BagCamAddict

If there were no restrictions on age, weight, fitness, etc., would you sign up to join the War on Terror??

This is a vanity poll, due to the news today that the Army may be dipping into the Individual Ready Reserve pool. Several Freepers have indicated they would go if called upon, but they don't think they will be called due to their age.

Please post ONLY ONCE, and ONLY IF YOU WOULD GO, so that we can easily see the tally by looking at the number of replies.


TOPICS: War on Terror; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 361-380381-400401-420 ... 501-502 next last
To: BagCamAddict

49....I'd go.


381 posted on 06/29/2004 5:20:44 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (Simple physics: Heat sand hot enough...it becomes Glass!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict
Age 50, 21 year veteran of the US Air Force and would go in a skinny minute if they would have me.

It doesn't take that much to hump a toolbox to the flightline, and it wouldn't take much to pick up where I left off 11 years ago.

Spent 8 1/2 years in Germany planning on throwing a box-end wrench then running like hell. lol

(Not that I can't shoot, but it sure wasn't the Air Force that taught me how... ;)

382 posted on 06/29/2004 5:21:59 PM PDT by kAcknor (That's my version of it anyway....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Yes.


383 posted on 06/29/2004 5:23:29 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Proud in my refusal to purchase a copy of "My Lie".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Age 61. Gimme a snipescope some desert fatgiues and alittle water.


384 posted on 06/29/2004 5:23:35 PM PDT by Young Werther
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AIBC

You need to check with KBR, they will hire you as contractor for mucho bucks.


385 posted on 06/29/2004 5:24:52 PM PDT by agincourt1415 (Go ahead Bill suck up the Oxygen from Kerry LOL)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

I did re-enlist a few months ago.


386 posted on 06/29/2004 5:25:16 PM PDT by navygal (God loves all sinners, just not the sin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

I'd go in a minute.


387 posted on 06/29/2004 5:27:33 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Yep, like yesterday.


388 posted on 06/29/2004 5:28:50 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Kerry is a self-confessed unindicted war criminal or ... a traitor to his country in a time of war)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: navygal; All

I love this thread!...So many great people...Thank you navygal.

....AMERICA...HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE


389 posted on 06/29/2004 5:29:37 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 386 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Yes, if they would take a 45 year old paramedic back. I can't keep up with the young kids any more, though, so I've become an RN in critical care. I'll do disaster response and take care of the home front.


390 posted on 06/29/2004 5:29:45 PM PDT by baldy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Howlin

I saw this earlier

I had no idea there were so many of us in our 40s that want to help.


391 posted on 06/29/2004 5:35:10 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 84 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

I would go and serve my country without hesitation.


392 posted on 06/29/2004 5:35:48 PM PDT by rep-always (Come Lord Jesus!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

I would do a year in a support job (I don't think women belong in combat zones).

What I would really like to do at my age (50) is teach at one of the military academies and when I finish my PhD, I'm going to give it a try.


393 posted on 06/29/2004 5:36:42 PM PDT by radiohead
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Yes.


394 posted on 06/29/2004 5:40:16 PM PDT by tapatio ( Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MEG33

I am 52 but would enlist in a New York minute if they would
have me. I may not be able to fight but I sure can work in an office.....


395 posted on 06/29/2004 5:41:18 PM PDT by Two-Bits (CHENEY FOR PRESIDENT)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 389 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Tried to enlist in '83.

Turns out I'm 4F. I have a seizure disorder.

If they'd have me, yeah. I'd be there. It was all I ever wanted.

= /


396 posted on 06/29/2004 5:43:57 PM PDT by Mr. Thorne ("But iron, cold iron, shall be master of them all..." Kipling)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Yes, 48


397 posted on 06/29/2004 5:45:26 PM PDT by RIGHT IN LAS VEGAS
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict

Age 49 - US Army 1974-1977

In a heart beat!!


398 posted on 06/29/2004 5:45:42 PM PDT by Proangel (ASA Vet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mylife
I had no idea there were so many of us in our 40s that want to help.

I wonder how many there are in their twenties, over at DU, that would? Nada....Nary a Nary.

We have to keep blood on our teeth, keeping in mind that 40% of our population are total idiots and haven't got a clue that our nation could even need defending - ever.

399 posted on 06/29/2004 5:46:18 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (...proud to be a Brown Shirted digital First Responder)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 374 | View Replies]

To: BagCamAddict; Eaker
I'm 40, with JROTC and ROTC.
I'm a military brat, now hard core industrial with slight structural damage.
Seven years military academy, Cadet Staff S-1, Company Commander, Adjutant.

If they would take me, I'd join right now.

400 posted on 06/29/2004 5:47:16 PM PDT by humblegunner (This dog bite me)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 361-380381-400401-420 ... 501-502 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson