Do you think the Army could use any 37 year old, fat truckers?

[Tobin S.]

I think I could serve my country well as long as I could skip boot camp.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Tobin!

Ah....I suspect that they would not let you skip boot camp...

That's where they turn you into a soldier.

I sure wouldn't do it, if I were you, which I'm not!

:hi:

[Tobin S.]

3. I'm just shooting stuff out there, Peggy

The military wouldn't take me even if I wasn't too old and fat what with the head meds and all. ;) They don't want crazy dudes with guns in the Army. That's what the Marines are for. :D

[Inchworm]

2. My dad used to talk about "The Australian Trucking Gig"

He'd never really go but always spoke of quick money.

Probably no boot camp required. :P

:hi:

[Tobin S.]

4. Good to see you, man. It's been a while.

Yeah, and they've got that extreme arctic trucking up there in Canada and Alaska. Even the old Tobster isn't that crazy. :)

[Inchworm]

6. Had one of those days, so I'm up youtubing

And the Lounge is the only place I know with people still going at 3am lol. Good to see a familiar face. :hug:

Road Trains...
Stills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YF3oh9Tmpw

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgV1euc60qE

:hi:

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Dunno, but during the Viet Nam era...

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...the cutoff age was 27 -- and if you went into Basic
Training at 27, your nickname (most of the rest of us
being 18-21) was almost automatically "Pops".
.
.
I've heard they've GREATLY expanded the age limit but,
although the Army was VERY good for me in particular
and I USED TO recommend it as a very LAST resort for
parents with troubled teens, I would never recommend
it for ANYONE now.
.
They're exploiting those poor young men and women
shamelessly and, if we think we have trouble from
Viet Nam era PTSD -- just give us a few more years
until vets from these last few wars and multiple
deployments start hitting the Boomer's ages when
their big PTSD crisis started to reveal itself.
.
I think this is probably a story that isn't getting
NEAR the coverage/exposure that it deserves.
.

[Tobin S.]

7. I've seen the military actively recruiting people up to 34 years old

And I do think they take people even older than that as long as you are in good shape. I've seen pictures of white haired dudes serving over in Iraq. Seriously speaking, they wouldn't take me. I'm actually in pretty good shape as far as my body goes, but I take some heavy duty head meds.

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. You need to take a fresh listen to...

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...Alice's Restaurant and picture Arlo and the psychiatrist
jumping up and down on the desk shouting, "KILL...KILL!!!!"
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And their telling him, "You're our boy!!"
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