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Hortensis

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19. No, I don't begin to know what you do. But our friend who

Reply to braddy (Reply #18)

Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:56 AM

Jan 2020

retired in his late 40s as a sergeant major after working into his 40s as a career combat soldier,
master sergeant rank with a number of deployments to the ME, as well as other parts of the world, agreed with me. The age for combat soldiers should be moved up, or at least preference should be for older. Btw, I just looked and the average age of Olympic athletes is 27, with many in their 30s.

Once retired and until cancer took him a couple years ago, our friend made an avocation of counseling wounded kids on getting what they're going to need from military systems that are trying to hustle them out for least cost. Most make easy victims at this end of their service also, with the experience they need before signing still ahead of them.

Have a nice day. And let's hope Trump doesn't get any killed... Might as well. Until it happens.

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War would end if the Generals had to fight and die. [View all] MyUncle Jan 2020 OP

Actually, many generals have died in wartime. MineralMan Jan 2020 #1

Your post showed 22 Generals who died in WWII. MyUncle Jan 2020 #6

How is that relevant? Those Generals died. MineralMan Jan 2020 #8

And there were approx 1100 generals hardluck Jan 2020 #31

Generals don't just sign up as a General, look at their military careers and check the life braddy Jan 2020 #2

MineralMan , you are right, but how about since WWII ...? MyUncle Jan 2020 #3

One General died in Afghanistan that I know of. MineralMan Jan 2020 #10

Generals do fight and die, sarisataka Jan 2020 #4

OK, Generals AND Politicians. MyUncle Jan 2020 #5

No, you see. That isn't how it works. MineralMan Jan 2020 #7

My answer was tongue in cheek sarisataka Jan 2020 #12

Children of politicians keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #13

bad example.. trump doesn't care about his kids getagrip_already Jan 2020 #28

+1 2naSalit Jan 2020 #14

Conflict of the future will leave no fingerprints. harumph Jan 2020 #9

For anything bigger than security maintenance and brief police actions, Hortensis Jan 2020 #11

Warriors are young because of the physical requirements, 50 year old bodies can't do it in the first braddy Jan 2020 #16

:) I don't buy it. I'm a grandmother and way too experienced Hortensis Jan 2020 #17

As a vet and a contractor I can tell you it is the fact, the combat arms life is hard and wrecks our braddy Jan 2020 #18

No, I don't begin to know what you do. But our friend who Hortensis Jan 2020 #19

This theory of old people replacing the young as warriors is so silly that it has never been done braddy Jan 2020 #21

Lol to your notions that 30 is old and worn out. Hortensis Jan 2020 #22

I never included 30 year olds and the discussion is about combat arms, not finance, legal, and braddy Jan 2020 #23

+1. dware Jan 2020 #24

One word matt819 Jan 2020 #15

Trump doesn't care who dies as long as it's not him. Vinca Jan 2020 #20

History shows us the opposite is true. Mariana Jan 2020 #25

+1 sandensea Jan 2020 #27

The Trump Doctrine is: if war can get you re-elected, provoke it any way you can sandensea Jan 2020 #26

Most of them become generals because of their combat records. cwydro Jan 2020 #29

No, it would not. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #30