Still Some Fight Left in Them. David Lamb.
by Lamb, David; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 42Family. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Older men | Patriotism | Soldiers -- Attitudes | U.S. -- Armed Forces -- ReservesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In December [2002], just before the Florida National Guard's 124th Infantry Regiment was mobilized for the war in Iraq, Sgt. James Flores' 23-year-old son asked him, 'Dad, why do you have to do something like this at your age?' Flores, 49, replied, 'Son, it's still my turn.'...While it is not unusual for senior officers and noncommissioned officers to achieve 'senior citizen' status in the military...Flores is still one of the foot soldiers, pulling guard duty, eating MREs, staying in shape and, as best he can, thinking young." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the reasons that "keep troops over 50 in the military's reserve units, where green recruits are soaking up their savvy."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Still Some Fight Left in Them, Nov. 11, 2003; pp. A1+.
"In December [2002], just before the Florida National Guard's 124th Infantry Regiment was mobilized for the war in Iraq, Sgt. James Flores' 23-year-old son asked him, 'Dad, why do you have to do something like this at your age?' Flores, 49, replied, 'Son, it's still my turn.'...While it is not unusual for senior officers and noncommissioned officers to achieve 'senior citizen' status in the military...Flores is still one of the foot soldiers, pulling guard duty, eating MREs, staying in shape and, as best he can, thinking young." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the reasons that "keep troops over 50 in the military's reserve units, where green recruits are soaking up their savvy."
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