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2023-11-11 -Land of the Free

Air Force hopes raising maximum age of enlistment to new high will ease recruiting crisis

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 Are these people for real?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-11 01:13|| 2023-11-11 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Behold the Putin recruitment model.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-11 01:25|| 2023-11-11 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 But wouldn't using older personnel conflict with the NEW Normal indoctrination and re-education processes that the Biden Puppet government controllers have put in place to tone down the Military's Testosterone levels?

Posted by NN2N1 2023-11-11 04:46|| 2023-11-11 04:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Because people of that age would want to get ordered around by 20 year old woketruppen.

These are not serious people.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-11-11 10:47|| 2023-11-11 10:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Air Force hopes raising maximum age of enlistment to new high will ease recruiting crisis

Bullshit.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-11-11 11:16|| 2023-11-11 11:16|| Front Page Top

#6 "Woketruppen" - nice.

Isn't there another dimension to this completely understandable and over-due recruitment disaster - that quality has been lowered just to get to the failed recruitment numbers? And how about retention trends? Gotta be horrible.

Posted by Verlaine 2023-11-11 12:04|| 2023-11-11 12:04|| Front Page Top

#7 https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-bud-light-military

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-11-11 12:45|| 2023-11-11 12:45|| Front Page Top

#8 make it 86 and i'll think about a re-up. I miss 'shit-on-a-shingle'.

Posted by irish rage boy 2023-11-11 14:10|| 2023-11-11 14:10|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ No PT test for u IRB and you can have SOS at every meal if you like.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-11 14:13|| 2023-11-11 14:13|| Front Page Top

#10 ^^ As someone said, "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill".

Hey, weren't we just laughing at the Rus and the Ukies for doing exactly this?

Posted by SteveS 2023-11-11 15:37|| 2023-11-11 15:37|| Front Page Top

#11 pre-planned "over-due recruitment disaster"...

Posted by 746 2023-11-11 16:23|| 2023-11-11 16:23|| Front Page Top

#12 An A/B who is in a cohort that is beginning to retire with 20 yrs.

I slick-sleeved it through with a guy who was in his late 20's.

We called him "The Old Man."

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-11-11 21:58|| 2023-11-11 21:58|| Front Page Top

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