42 year olds can now enlist in the army

[Bulldogcakes]

<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062102267_pf.html" target="_self" title="Army takes older recruits"><font size="+2"><strong>Army takes older recruits</strong></font></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The U.S. Army, aiming to make its
recruiting goals amid the Iraq war, raised its maximum
enlistment age by another two years on Wednesday, while the
Army Reserve predicted it will miss its recruiting target for a
second straight year.</p><p>People can now volunteer to serve in the active-duty Army
or the part-time Army Reserve and National Guard up to their
42nd birthday after the move aimed at increasing the number of
people eligible to sign up, officials said.</p><p>It marked the second time this year the Army has boosted
the maximum age for new volunteers, raising the ceiling from
age 35 to 40 in January before now adding two more years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><font size="+2"><strong /></font>

[HBox]

<p>Pretty soon Grannies will be pushing carriages with infants armed to the teeth on the streets of Baghdad. Only now, they''ll be on OUR side.</p><p>::rimshot::</p><p>I'll be here all week.&nbsp;</p>

[Jujubees2]

Damn.&nbsp; Still miss it by a year.&nbsp; Oh well, guess I'll just have to play with my G.I. Joes now.

[Bulldogcakes]

<p><img width="270" height="400" border="0" src="http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/the_40_year_old_virgin/steve_carell/the40yearoldvirgin_bigfinal.jpg" /></p><p>&quot;Wow! I hear those soldiers get laid like crzy!&quot;&nbsp;</p>

[Hottub]

<p>YES!!! I am still good!! I'm going to call my buddies, Bill and Rick, and make this thing happen!!</p><p>See you in Baghdad, BITCHES!!</p>

[Jujubees2]

<p><img height="455" src="http://www.thezreview.co.uk/posters/posterimages/s/stripes.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p><p>Are either of you homesexual?</p><p>You mean, like flaming.</p><p>No, but we are willilng to learn.</p><p>Would they send us someplace special for that?</p>

[FezPaul]

<p><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="1">42 year olds can now enlist in the army</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" color="#000000" size="2">Great, something else I'm too old to do.</font></strong></p>

[Dirtybird12]

<p>this is really good news . </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>it's a sign</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>i can do this. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">Gosh darn it, I'm 47 &amp; can't go off &amp; die for the moronic, 1/2 assed whims of the worst president in the history of the United States. What a shame... I guess I'll stay here and do my part to see he is indicted, tried and convicted for his repeated &amp;&nbsp;intentional violations of&nbsp;our nation's&nbsp;laws!</font></strong></p><p><img height="191" src="http://www.giornalisti.it/binarioloco/archives/Stupid_Bush.jpg" width="148" border="0" /></p>

[mendyweiss]

Go ahead fellas,I'll take care of the broads back home!

[A.J.]

If the Navy Reserve did it I might consider it.

[ChimneyFish]

<strong>mendyweiss</strong> wrote:<br />Go ahead fellas,I'll take care of the broads back home! <p><strong><em><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="2">And I'll take care of the booze and drugs.</font></em></strong></p>

[high fly]

<p><font size="2">&quot; 42 year-olds can now enlist in the Army&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2" /></p><p><font size="2">I hear they are also accepting the blind and lame, too....</font></p>

[epo]

<p>42 years old in the Army....and guess who's home with their wives!&nbsp; </p><p><img height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Ric_Flair_I.jpg" width="426" border="0" /></p>