FabSwingers.com forum: 65 year old soldiers

By *ary_Argyll OP Man
15 weeks ago

Argyll

So reserve callup may rise to 65, with pension age also rising is the future an army of oldies needing some extra cash?

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By *e-OptimistMan
15 weeks ago

Stalybridge

Don't panic Mr Mainwaring

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By *ingdomNightTimePleasuresMan
15 weeks ago

nearby

Over 750,000 youth unemployed

This should not be necessary

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By *ty31Man
15 weeks ago

NW London

"Over 750,000 youth unemployed

This should not be necessary "

Yeah but you can't send them to the frontline with their ADHD/anxiety/depression/mental health/failure to thrive etc etc....

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Is that men and women?

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By *erces LetiferMan
15 weeks ago

Somewhere off the edge of the map... 'ere there be monsters

"Is that men and women?"

Hey, they wanted equality, right?

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

"Is that men and women?

Hey, they wanted equality, right?"

They want the pay gap closing, right?

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By *estivalMan
15 weeks ago

borehamwood

How about offering the new british a passport if they fight for us only problem i see with it they don't fight for there own countrys so may be a bit hard to get them to fight for ours

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By *usie pTV/TS
15 weeks ago

taunton

If I am on the front line you should make sure you push me over the top first with my eye sight I will fire at anything that moves.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
15 weeks ago

East Sussex

"Over 750,000 youth unemployed

This should not be necessary

Yeah but you can't send them to the frontline with their ADHD/anxiety/depression/mental health/failure to thrive etc etc....

They wouldn't be trained in modern warfare. The 65 year olds would be.

I doubt they would be on the front line but frankly if it came to it, its way more sensible to chuck us old uns in the firing line rather than sending all the youngsters to their death and leaving an aging population behind with nobody to pay tax.

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By *otbeefandonionsCouple
15 weeks ago

Bathgate

I can't go, all my reserves kit has shrank in the loft. In fact I don't think any of it would qualify as current issues uniform now after 26 years as a civvy!

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By *ad NannaWoman
15 weeks ago

East London

They'll have us peeling potatoes and ironing the officers uniform.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
15 weeks ago

East Sussex

"They'll have us peeling potatoes and ironing the officers uniform. "

I could probably knit a balaclava

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By *ydaz70Man
15 weeks ago

Rotherham /newquay

65 or 18 make no difference I wouldn't join the army at either age

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By *rDiscretionXXXMan
15 weeks ago

Gilfach

"They wouldn't be trained in modern warfare. The 65 year olds would be."

How do you work that out? Someone that left the Army 20 years ago is not going to know anything about modern warfare.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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15 weeks ago

East Sussex

"They wouldn't be trained in modern warfare. The 65 year olds would be.

How do you work that out? Someone that left the Army 20 years ago is not going to know anything about modern warfare."

I didn't think it through did I. I assumed the 65 year olds would have been in the armed forces recently 🤦

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By *hrill CollinsMan
15 weeks ago

The Outer Rim

"They wouldn't be trained in modern warfare. The 65 year olds would be.

How do you work that out? Someone that left the Army 20 years ago is not going to know anything about modern warfare."

people who left the army 20 years ago won't be recalled under this latest amendment to reservist rules.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Form the Woke Grenadiers for the under 25's. Save a fortune on equipment, just tell them to identify as soldiers.

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
15 weeks ago

Southport

"Form the Woke Grenadiers for the under 25's. Save a fortune on equipment, just tell them to identify as soldiers."

What we need is 16-year olds, in their bedrooms, controlling swarms of killer drones.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

"Form the Woke Grenadiers for the under 25's. Save a fortune on equipment, just tell them to identify as soldiers.

What we need is 16-year olds, in their bedrooms, controlling swarms of killer drones."

Tbf that would actually work!

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By *e-OptimistMan
15 weeks ago

Stalybridge

So long that it stayed within their 10 minute attention span.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
15 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

As long as I can get a nap in the afternoon, count me in.

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By *resesse_MelioremCouple
15 weeks ago

Border of London

"So long that it stayed within their 10 minute attention span."

Not true. An 8 year old can hyper-fixate on gaming for several hours.

Just don't tell them it's real humans...

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By *rofessor-MarcusMan
15 weeks ago

Chorley

Introduce conscription, and the problem of rubber boats crossing the Channel would end over night.

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
15 weeks ago

Hastings

"How about offering the new british a passport if they fight for us only problem i see with it they don't fight for there own countrys so may be a bit hard to get them to fight for ours"

They complain now about the conditions of living in army barracks and old training camps. Don't think they would want to do the traning as well, to get them fit to fight.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

65 next month, bags packed ready to go

Told my therapist killing was cheaper than therapy

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By *ctionSandwichCouple
15 weeks ago

Newcastle under Lyme

We think it's part of a broader strategy of preparedness the corrupt government is trying. They think it will be easier to sell conscription if they say, 'look the veterans are already involved'.

Are any ex forces here actually prepared to fight a foreign power to protect what the UK establishment has done to it? Hubby wouldn't that's for sure. If we had regime change and mass deportations that would be another story of course.

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By *bsolutely nutsMan
15 weeks ago

Dover

I hope that when on night manoeuvres,they'll excuse me when I am caught short. It's usually about 4am that my bladder starts telling me to get up, so if Vlad can just put any planning on hold for 10 minutes, I promise that I will be ready by 4.15.

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By *obbfcMan
15 weeks ago

Livingston

As a 65yr old vet, i'd be happy to go back in a training/admin role, not to the front. Already done one war (gulf 91). i'd also need a few extra stripes too

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By *ndyman 201Man
15 weeks ago

hereford

We got boat loads of fighting age guys coming into the country every day,a endless supply of new recruites

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By *d4ugirlsMan
15 weeks ago

Green Cove Springs

"Is that men and women? "

Lol they are trying to figure it out still on wether they pee standing up or sitting down.

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