Drafting Guys Over 60
The Armed Forces think I’m too old to track down terrorists. You can’t be older than 42 to join the military. They’ve got the whole thing ass-backward.
Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn’t be able to join a military unit until you’re at least 55.
For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a month, leaving us more than 280,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven’t lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. ‘My back hurts! I can’t sleep, I’m tired and hungry.’ We are bad-tempered and impatient, and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.
An 18-year-old doesn’t even like to get up before 10 am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell. Besides, like I said, I’m tired and can’t sleep and since I’m already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch.
If captured, we couldn’t spill the beans because we’d forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We’re used to getting screamed and yelled at and we’re used to soft food. We’ve also developed an appreciation for guns. We’ve been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course, however. I’ve been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I’ve never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He’s still learning to shave, to start a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn’t figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.
These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm’s way.
Let us old guys track down those terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts with bad attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.
HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50… in menopause!!! You think MEN have attitudes?? Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else put them on border patrol. They’ll have it secured the first night!
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My mother said the oddest thing she saw, at the beginning of WWII, was all the old farts in the little town she was raised in lining up to register for the draft.
ReplyDeleteThat's because they knew how precious freedom was. My Dad was in the CG and patrolled the coast looking for subs.
DeleteI worked with an old Korean War Vet. He said he'd be happy to go back to combat -as long as he didn't have to walk.
ReplyDeleteHard to imagine how much walking and marching they actually did in all kinds of weather. It must have been awful!
DeleteExcellent.. my thoughts and feelings too.. I was drafted on 9/11/1966, Hackensack N.J. 20 Banta Place.. I'll never forget it.. I read this to my dear sweetheart and she couldn't stop laughing. Thank you for your great words.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the funny! Thanks for your service, Craig! Hubby was called, but wasn't selected - our best friend was and did not come home.
DeleteWant to go to DC one of these days and see the Wall.
I went to the Wall just after it was built and I was impressed and mortified..a very sad time for our country.. I was very lucky to not have to go to VN, my Big Brother was already there and requested I not be sent under the "Sullivan Law" from WW II when 5 brothers died together.
DeleteMy Brother did four tours in VN..he likes the action. I was sent to Germany and was almost sent to the Israeli War in '67..my MASH unit had to get ready for deployment but thanks to Moshe Dyan we didn't get a chance to get on the C130's. The Israeli Army was amazing.
I will someday get back to the Wall, but I'm not to big on travel right now.
'Bet you and your brother have many a good tale to tell! Like you, Hubby and I don't stray far from Coopville anymore. Had boats, cars and Harleys when we were younger!
DeleteThis one is a classic. I hail from a military family and sent it to my Niece who will re-post it to the 'boys'. We have been in nearly every war since the Civil War in the 1860s.
ReplyDeleteWow, Granny! That is some fine family history! 'Hope it brings a chuckle to the boys! :o)
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