12-04-2005 08:57									#31
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Pekka's Dad, I'd hit it.

	12-04-2005 09:01									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Ned No doubt. I think they may be equals. My point is not about the females, but about 40 year old privates.

Then why mention the gender on the 20 year old?

	12-04-2005 09:12									#33
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quote: Originally posted by Ned You are an infrantry commander. Which would you rather have in your company, a 40 year old male private or a 20 year old girl, when the enemy is coming in a human wave attack?

A 50 ton robot.

	12-04-2005 09:36									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Ned Well, the point seems to have been made that a 40 year old man is at least as good, on the average, as a 20 year old girl when the going gets tough. Thus the army is not getting itself into further do do by raising the minimum age for joining.

If anybody were actually arguing against this measure, that would be nicely done.

	12-04-2005 10:20									#35
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quote: Originally posted by Kidicious I'm sure a lot of 40 years olds willing to join up would be pretty lame.

I assure you a lot of ther 18 year olds are pretty lame too. A few people who were like me who just wanted free college and a chance to travel a bit and a whole lot of poor white/black trash from small towns who had no other idea what to do with there lives. Most of them were not college material.

	12-04-2005 12:22									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Ned You are an infrantry commander. Which would you rather have in your company, a 40 year old male private or a 20 year old girl, when the enemy is coming in a human wave attack?

The girl - I want to die with a hard on/

	12-04-2005 12:24									#38
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse The girl - I want to die with a hard on/

I can arrange that for you.

	12-04-2005 13:03									#39
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man when do the terminators and mechwarriors come in to play...than me and that 20 year old private can do other stuff than holding back an human wave...

	12-04-2005 15:50									#40
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and thus we see the maturity with which women in the military are always treated

	12-04-2005 16:16									#41
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after reading an article about male sex hormons i can finally say what women are saying for ages....It are my hormons

	12-04-2005 17:45									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Lancer Signing bunus raised to $20,000 and $70,000 for college.

Almost as much as in Payback $70,000 - what a human life is worth.

	12-04-2005 20:38									#43
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I wonder how they've been managing without us older guys? I mean, who has been helping change the younger guys diapers?



"Women hold up half the sky, Lancer" -Tass

Mr Atlas holds up the entire sky, Mrs Atlas helps by ironing his loincloth and ringing his bell now and again...

joking now, come on...

	12-04-2005 21:46									#44
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quote: Originally posted by Ned You are an infrantry commander. Which would you rather have in your company, a 40 year old male private or a 20 year old girl, when the enemy is coming in a human wave attack?

The girl. I would tell her to give me her gun and that she should stay in the trench and start to remove her clothes. Then I would jump out of the trench with both guns blazing and mow down the onslaught. Afterwards I would return to the trench for my reward...

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"The girl. I would tell her to give me her gun and that she should stay in the trench and start to remove her clothes. Then I would jump out of the trench with both guns blazing and mow down the onslaught. Afterwards I would return to the trench for my reward..."

Finally! A true American.

	13-04-2005 03:55									#46
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I saw a lot of US armed forces TV in Korea and it seemed like a pretty damn good career to me - they look after their people pretty well all things considered - especially if you were poor, the armed forces is gonna lift you up, improve your life, give you some goals, help you get qualifications, 3 square meals, a roof over your head, free medical care, lots of travel. It was a like a big family. You could tell a lot of people loved being part of it. They were even helping people do their tax returns.

Plus, you get to shoot at things and blow them up.

	13-04-2005 05:36									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Lancer Signing bunus raised to $20,000 and $70,000 for college. Man, when they raise it to 49 and start accepting diabetics, I'm BACK!

lol..

I got out 5 Feb 79

ugh.. they may need to increase the clothing allowance as well fer some of us that had not quite kept up with PFT minimum requirements
Im 45 now and well would reinlist if my country needed me to defend its sovereign soil sovereign not afghanis-Iraqisttan or whatever

	13-04-2005 05:37									#48
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If they can pass the requirments for the position, why not let them join?

	13-04-2005 05:51									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I saw a lot of US armed forces TV in Korea and it seemed like a pretty damn good career to me - they look after their people pretty well all things considered - especially if you were poor, the armed forces is gonna lift you up, improve your life, give you some goals, help you get qualifications, 3 square meals, a roof over your head, free medical care, lots of travel. It was a like a big family. You could tell a lot of people loved being part of it. They were even helping people do their tax returns. Plus, you get to shoot at things and blow them up.

AH when I was in it was decent <<<<<<<<<<26 years ago but still you got something and had to give something

me I work outside and on board base for the largest Amphibious Training Base in the World and home to the USMC-Camp Lejeune North Carolina

I see reservists coming and then going

my point is in mid-to-late 70's we had Mother Russia as the so called aggressor

now when you enlist you have a very probable chance of seeing combat

I hear military people gripe about having to lay their lives on the line..

HINT:
Thats what your suppossed to do with training!

Military life isnt bad and yes like you said lots of benefits...

but right now you have to lay it out on the line


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	13-04-2005 05:52									#50
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi If they can pass the requirments for the position, why not let them join?

i agree as long as they pass and maintain minimum requirements

	13-04-2005 05:55									#51
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yeah I saw a lot of Korea based units going off to Iraq - sooner or later you have to pay the piper