Army raises enlistment age to 42!
 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...102267_pf.html

It'll be 50 pretty soon.

Imagine making your way through the desert in your jet-powered wheelchair.

They have been trying to get my brother to come back, and he has been telling them that he is to old. infact most of the people from his unit were to old. Now they will try again. :(

I know of nurses and doctors in their late 60s and early 70s who are in the reserves who got called up.

move to Europe and you won't have to deal with this

think about all the kids over in iraq that have been there forever... you think any of those guys are going to re enlist? nope... only a few of the lifers... if we get into another skirmish, we are in loads of trouble.. our military is over extended... what scares me about this 42 shit is that it means that they would raise the draft age if needed... and here i thought the chance of ever being called up was over....

better hide my grandpa

what'S next?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._BabyandGI.jpg

This gives all the chicken hawk republicans a chance to put up or shut up.

Is the Army hurting that bad for fresh bodies ??

lol i wonder if they can be drafted too, probably not

Sure! Don't worry about it! We got ya covered. USA

I'd be happy to fight for my country.

But not for a shitty war for oil.

There currently is NO draft in the states.

42 isn't old at all these days, as long as you're fit.

It is really the war to increase the price of oil. Worked good.

they are crazy.
In Russia they enlist men with a child older than !!!1 month, with old, desabled and sick parents and pregnant wife.
But still untill 27.

this is voulanteers?

Cut them some slack, I need oil to fry my okra

you are so very right! this is not your war, not anybodys':disgust

they'd probably never try drafting anyone older.

there is a reason why their target demographic is naive teenagers

If you're worried about a draft, just get a tattoo of tits on you somewhere, they wont take you

If they can do porn at the age of 18, they can go join the army and die in the process.

Why you call them naive teenagers when they join the army, but appraciate chicks when they do porn at the age of 18.

That should be their call. not ours. :2 cents:

all he has to do is say hes been in n out of drug rehab for the last few years... and he founded a cult... etc etc

darn! My husband is under 40. That sucks. I think I need an older hubby :)

Do they take bipolar type II folks too? I could use the benefits

I'd say many of the 18 year olds in this industry are somewhat naive as well. The difference being that in this industry being naive might cause a model minor embarassment at a later date, whereas in the other it is much more likely to lead to their death...

Of course they're adults and are free to do what they want (except for something risky like purchase beer)... however when asking someone to perform a dangerous job for very low pay, it's not productive to ask the most mature and experienced crowd to do that because they won't be as cooperative. Which is my point, they're always going to ask the most naive element of adult society to do that before any other.

Well pickins is slim for recruits. If you have a felony on ya ya can't sign up. That wipes out two thirds of all the minorities and a good fifth of mainstream culture. You watch, we'll end up outsourcing military recruitment to India or China.

you don't think those 'military contractors' the government pays are there to do construction work do you? :upsidedow

they're already paying private companies to hire soldiers of fortune for employment overseas

I don't know if they're hiring any foreigners to do that or not. it wouldn't surprise me though, the foreign labor would probably be cheaper :Oh crap

Good for them. I really wish the Dept of the Navy would do the same.

:eek7 Huh?

I would never fight for my country. I couldn't give a shit about it. If I ever have to, i'm moving to somewhere else the same minute.

wake up, kiddo!

* Paratus World Wide Protection, (Website)
* 3D Global Solutions (Website)[1]
* Blackwater USA
* CACI - California Analysis Center, Incorporated
* DynCorp, (Website)
* Elite Security Corps
* Kellogg Brown and Root - Division of Halliburton
* Military Professional Resources, (Website)
* Northbridge Services
* Overwatch Protection Solutions International, (Website)
* SkyLink USA, affiliated with SkyLink Aviation [1]
* SOS Temps, Inc founded by former Navy Seal Richard Marcinko.
* Titan Corporation
* Top Cat Marine Security (Website)
* Triple Canopy, Inc. (Website)
* Vinnell Corporation

Depends what country. I know Italy has two years conscription and probably Switzerland and I'm sure there are others

Yeah, I'm very familiar with all of the "Security Consultant" companies out there, but the initial post makes it sound like the US Military and Govt are hiring these companies instead of using their own personnel.

" makes it sound " ... ????

Why do you think they are hired ???? To organize picnics in the Baghdad country side ???

my friend works for one of those companies... i wont say which one or what he does, but put it this way... he is very very good at shooting rifles....

he is in the middle east as we speak "spreading freedom and democracy" :1orglaugh

there's a good one :upsidedow

Dude, you're talkin' to a guy who lives in those companies. I have so many friends and relatives who run, work for etc. it's pathetic. They have their training facilities on family land. I am so sick of guns and combat and camouflage and special this and special that going back for over 200 years.

These security companies do indeed do good work where others fear to tread. Mind you the men and women who work and operate them are no fucking joke. Especially my cousins.

Not all companies are legit. Yet the proof of the pudding is in the warfare.

It's a scary fucking world. Yet as one cousin told me when he was training me that the best security companies you never, ever hear about because if people know they exist, they're not that good at being secure.

I may have indeed missed something, but where did you read that the US Govt / Military was hiring them to do covert ops or indeed any missioning whatsoever?