The Army will now allow recruits to enlist up to age 42 and has removed a waiver requirement for those with a marijuana-related conviction.
If anyone gets drafted, then I better start hearing of crazy numbers of team killing happening.
42?
Who da fuq is going to survive Basic at 42?
That will be fixed soon too.
Meal Team Six! Fall in!
lol what, no one is signing up to die so Netanyahu and Trump can avoid prison?
I’d rather snort cocaine right in front of the MEPS people and end up in prison than ever fight for this bastard.
Is it bad that I am laughing? You get what you voted for. Or not voted for.
As unemployment continues to increase under the MAGA turds, they might receive more recruits. However, not enough to occupy and police Iran, which will require a military draft.
See the world! Burn it all down!
They’re going to have to really redo their advertising if they’re going to attract stoners. All that advertising is about how you can see the world (and then blew it up) and get free training (in skills that are utterly useless outside of the military) and become a hero (by having your legs blown off).
All of that sounds like way too much hard work. I just want to do my 8 hours and then go home. Also virtually every civilian job pays better. It’s amazing anyone joins up.
A final reminder that I’m at the crest of a hill sloping downward.
Don’t worry, you pick up speed as you go. It’s fun! See ya at the bottom!
The Army has been fine with some criminal record workarounds for a while now. Pot use shouldn’t even be on the radar.
Calling Captain Donald bone spurs, you’re needed in the recruitment tent.
Mark me down as having bone spurs
I wonder if this will bring out all those big macho MAGAs, eager to fight for Dear Leader?
Yeah. And Neil Breen will win Best Director next year.
They’d have to go to military fat camp first, and then enlisted into the crutch brigade, as copied from the current Russian model.
But no beards ya god damn hippie!
Dave’s not here, man.
He’s at Tyrone’s.
FYI, we would have to lose A LOT of soldiers before a draft makes sense. We are not even in the ballpark.
They can still fuck with a lot of people without a draft though.
Most U.S. enlistment contracts have a period of four years in the inactive ready reserves (IRR) after the normal four years of active duty. Not to mention the active reserves and national guard.
That’s a lot of people leading otherwise normal, mostly civilian lives, that could get called up. Granted, that’s not the same as a straight up draft - all of those people choose to sign up in some capacity.
But we have a lot of bodies on tap to churn through the human meat grinder before a draft.
Isn’t that exciting and reassuring?
That’s not how that works. Both of my little brothers were in different branches of the military, and they had to make a choice to decide if they’d re-sign after their 4 year enlistment.
That is how it works, I was in the U.S. military.
The choice your brothers were given at the end of their four years was whether or not to sign up for another four years of active duty. Their initial contract was almost certainly actually for eight years, including four years active duty and four years IRR.
People don’t talk about the IRR because there are nearly zero requirements during that time, it’s not the same as the active reserves. No reporting in, no fitness, medical, or training standards, etc. It just means you’re among the first on the hook if ol’ uncle sam “needs” more people ASAP, and they can legally recall you to active duty without instituting a draft.
There are exceptions for some job roles and other circumstances, but that’s how the standard enlistment works.
I stand corrected, they confirmed what you’re saying.
What the hell just happened? You admitted you had incorrect information and accepted the correction in a mature and civil manner?
Nah, you’re supposed to dig in and argue for hours. Maybe go through my post history to inspire some ad hominem attacks. Throw in some slurs if you’re feeling feisty.
I guess I’ll just go back to work if you’re going to help foster an environment of constructive dialogue like that.
Screw you asshole! Better? ;)
Oh thank god! Until you said that I was 90% sure the end times were here! Now back down to a comfy 88% :)
A draft is the only method the US has of actually invading and occupying Iran. We literally don’t have enough troops to do it with a volunteer army.
Occupation is a bad strategy anyway
Except it’s the only way of actually toppling the Iranian government. That’s why this is quickly turning into another Vietnam. Vietnam was a quagmire because we couldn’t actually invade and occupy North Vietnam without dragging the Chinese into it like in the Korean War. So we were stuck trying to fight an air war and and indirect ground campaign from within South Vietnam. It’s the same exact dynamic with Iran. We can’t practically do the thing actually required to win. So we’re just stuck in an endless meat grinder as the Iranian government proves yet again that you can’t topple a government via air strikes. And national pride won’t let us just pack up and leave. It’s Vietnam all over again. Can’t win. Can’t leave. Just stuck there until our political will finally breaks.
Since when does anything have to make sense?
