This also reminds me of the last Arrested Development episode where Buster wanted to go through the motions of enlisting - figuring that he was so 4-F that there was no way that the military would take him. Well, he was found acceptable due to the new lower standards :)
--- On Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:52 AM, Gruss Gott scribed: --- > > Aren't we digging through the bottom of the barrel here? A 47 year > old guy with OJI who's been out of flight for 7 years? Can't the > military find enough new recruits? Is this a way to avoid the draft? > > "These guys like me are basically untrained civilians now," said Mr. > Howell, the former helicopter test pilot. Mr. Howell said he left the > Army years ago with an injured back, knee and elbow > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/national/16reserves.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136498 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
