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ElMatto

Army Enlistment

Man, I just thought about it. I joined the Army around this time in 2004. 20 years ago.
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moyomongoose
5 months, 2 weeks ago
It was 52 years ago this month in June of 1972 when I registered with the Selective Service System.
I was told I was not eligible for military service due to a hip joint injury I had sustained two years earlier in March of 1970 when I was age 16.  That injury was a result of an accident in which I flipped a Honda three wheel ATV at 25 mph.  The year 1970 was when those Honda 3 wheel ATVs were introduced. They were discontinued years later because of the design being so dangerous.
ElMatto
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Damn. Glad you're alive. I never liked three-wheeled vehicles. Seems like an accident waiting to happen.
JordanusDAchipmunk
5 months, 2 weeks ago
😀 cool!!

I will say... If WW3 happens. I won't  be going...
moyomongoose
5 months, 2 weeks ago
I'm 70 years old...to old for military service anyway. And my right hip joint has never been right since that ATV accident 52 years ago.

However, if WW3 did break out, I guess my old age and hip injury wouldn't stop me from getting a civilian job at a factory where they build equipment for the military to use.  I do have a background in metal fabrication, understanding shop drawings and welding.
JordanusDAchipmunk
5 months, 2 weeks ago
🩷 That is really awesome! Glad to say that you have the spirit to work hard and to fight for your country.
ThaPig
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The world may be better if they selected only old people to go to war.
They are wiser, have more experience, are less impulsive, and are not as controlled by their hormones as young people.
( ᐢ (oo) ᐢ )
ElMatto
5 months, 2 weeks ago
I won't either, lol.
JordanusDAchipmunk
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Hahah Yupp!
ThaPig
5 months, 2 weeks ago
I almost enlisted around that same time. But I was found to be too short for a Stormtrooper.
( ᐢ (oo) ᐢ )
ElMatto
5 months, 1 week ago
Too short? Crazy, lol. Though I first went with Navy, but was rejected for being 1 pound overweight,lol.
ThaPig
5 months, 1 week ago
I'm a little guy

 ¯\_( −(oo)− )_/¯
TheKaiser
5 months, 1 week ago
I joined the Army too in 2005 but didn't get to stay in long and was going to try again in 2006 but then i hurt my back up so couldn't reenlist after that
ElMatto
5 months, 1 week ago
Ouch. How did you hurt your back?
TheKaiser
5 months, 1 week ago
Accidentally fell 30 feet onto wet mud And water going wrong way home from the movies. Had 2 bruised vertabrate and cus of that couldn't reenlist in the Navy like i wanted
ElMatto
5 months, 1 week ago
Ouch, dude. Sorry to hear that. Were you walking or on a bike?
TheKaiser
5 months, 1 week ago
Was walking but was at night and didn't see the drop off next thing i know im waking up with severe back pain on the ground under a short bridge luckily ny lil Nokia phone worked and had a light on it
ElMatto
5 months, 1 week ago
I've done that before, but not that big of drop. Nokias doubled as hammers, lol.
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