Texan who joined Army at 41 is living her longtime dream to fight terra-ists

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA101807.13A.MargieBlack.33905c1.html

Grandma's gone off to war, and a fight that was black and white now has shades of gray.

Margie Black, one of the Army's oldest recruits at age 41 when she traded her Houston-area home for boot camp just over a year ago, is off to Iraq for a 15-month tour. She'll be at Tallil Air Base south of Baghdad, organizing equipment convoys but missing out on combat.

"Paperwork is OK," the one-time Texas prison guard said, "but you know I am used to action."

Fit, fearless and determined, Black quit her job at a lockup south of Houston to become a soldier and, with a little luck, fight terrorists. Her long-deferred dream to join the military was fulfilled only because the Army did the unthinkable — allow the ranks of middle-aged Americans to stand in formation with soldiers young enough to be their children.

[hobbit709]

1. Talk about being old enough to know better.

[WinkyDink]

2. Poor deluded citizen.

[gratuitous]

3. Okay, that's one

Where are the rest of the doughy pantloads to sign up for this war they love to watch other people fight? Jonah? Sean? Bill? Rush? Or does this 41-year-old grandmother have more intestinal fortitude than all of you put together?

[malaise]

4. Question

Is rapture on the battle field her life long dream? Good luck sis - the odds are on your side.

[frylock]

5. have fun guarding those halliburton convoys..

errrrrrr... "fighting terrorists." :eyes:

[_testify_]

6. Good for her.

She put her money where her mouth is, which is more than we can say for most of the pro-war crowd.

If she comes back, maybe her eyes will have been opened a little more.