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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days ago

US army ups max enlistment age to 42

www.stripes.com

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US army ups max enlistment age to 42

www.stripes.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days ago
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Army ups max enlistment age to 42
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The update brings the Army in line with the Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard, which all accept recruits up to 42. The Navy accepts recruits up to 41
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  • ClassIsOver [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I’m sure there are a lot of 41 year olds who are champing at the bit to die for Occupied Palestine, and are only held back by their age.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      I imagine the next step will be a draft.

  • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Definitely a sign that the war is already won.

  • LunarMystic_101 [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    If I get drafted I’m leaving the country. Fuck dying for this shit

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      Sometimes when im washing the dishes I start daydreaming about a life where I defect to the DPRK and I open up a Palestinian bakery making ikras and musakhan from the early mornings into the late evenings and then I’m struck by reality

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    There goes our strategic knee cartilage reserves

  • Flinch [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    how long until they start drafting people?

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      My immediate thought, as well.

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  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Oh boy!

    Now I have to prepare for fragging!

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    Still waiting for my offer of citizenship for service

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      If Jake Busey’s character from Starship Troopers is any indication the only thing we have to look forward to is a robust violin program.

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      (ICE agents lurking outside military bases rubbing their hands together birdman style)

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    This alongside Trump exempting his youngest son from service is pretty fucking dark.

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    no-no-no-wait-wait-wait

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