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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:11 PM Original message |
Army Raises Enlistment Age for Reservists to 39 |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like somebody's preparing for a Draft |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeppers, if they follow enlistment ages for the draft |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Scary stuff |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. You bet! They ARE going to need that "bump" to produce the frenzy |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. No doubt about it. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. LIHOP? |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. "Let it Happen On Purpose" |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. gotch ya |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Let It Happen On Purpose |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. My Dad is 68 and waiting to be "called up"... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. bwahahahahahahaahahahahah |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Plus it has the extra benefit |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. We can lure them in with a Country Kitchen Buffet messhall... |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. ha! |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 06:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
52. They Already DID |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Somebody Close the WAR! |
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GreatCaesarsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. how degrading |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. And the fact that this story has surfaced... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. What Repuke pundits are in that age range? |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. W/more older troops on battlefield, Army sees rise in noncombat ailments |
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Guckert (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. I cant wait to see a 40 year old get through basic. Pretty f--ing funny. |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Reservists in their 30s are showing up w/heart disease |
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Guckert (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. This could be the next health care plan for the poor. Join and get free |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. 20 years of buffalo wings, cheese fries, and SUV trips to McDonald's |
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CarinKaryn (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Clarify please. |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. should be unlimited for repugs |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. what next, "stomach battalions"? |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Nice historic reference!!! eom |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm sure the 38 and 39 year olds will now be flooding the recruiting... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Notice to all 36 year-old Docker and polo shirt wearing conservatives! |
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Guckert (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Losers, Homeless, and unemployed running to serve. Any 39 year old |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Bush didn't get his shit together until he was...? |
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Guckert (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. oops, i forgot drug addicts who need steady work. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oh oh, |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Smart move as most 18-37 year olds are already over there... |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Jon Alvarez (leader of PABAAH) should be told this... |
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Zech Marquis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. REAL BAD sign |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. So this will net, 10, maybe 20 folks tops? |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. We are in BAD trouble now... |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Wow. Think of all the Freepers that can now honorably serve!!! |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. They'll try to sign up Terry Schiavo next.......... |
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PhuLoi (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. 39 is only an interrim figure, we shall see 45 in another 6 mo. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. Wonder if 39-year-olds will fare well in Iraq temperatures of 125 degrees |
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Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
42. Here comes a Draft |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Cant wait to tell my 38 yr old GOP brother |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. kick to combine |
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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. Army ("stung by recruiting shortfalls") raises enlistment age to 39 |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. C'mon Grandpa - We Don't Want To Miss Your Army Induction Service! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. In the Last Days, Germany was putting boys of 15 and old men of 60 |
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tubbacheez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Any evidence that Al Qaeda or the Iraqi insurgents are staffed with |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. No excuses for Jonah "I'm too old" Goldberg now |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. If they do something to get us in another war and reinstate the draft |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
51. . |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
53. related: Iraq reveals chinks in Army's armor |
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