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Originally posted by Tim Hancock
I tried to get back in after 9/11 (I wanted revenge in the worst way....still do) and got a letter saying I was too old at 36. 
Probably just as well, as my wife wanted to castrate me once she found out I had considered getting back in the reserves!
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I tried to re-up after 911 too bro(also in the reserves). I also got the 'too old' song and dance, but persisted, physicalled, then after FOUR MONTHS of trying to get back in my recruiter retired and lost my entire packet, and probably saved me from making a huge mistake in the process.
Right after 911 when the recruits were flowing to the recruiters in massive numbers the military was turning people away left and right.
It's only since the war went to pot that they've been forced to re-evaluate those policies.
Needless to say, they'd take you in a heartbeat now if you called and can meet the age requirements. Not that i'd reccomend that. Dying in Iraq would be a pretty pointless exercise when the gov't is obviously NOT interested in actually 'winning' the war.
If they were actually serious we'd have 100k guys on the border with Iran alone, and this nation would be on a true wartime footing.
The whole thing is one big, fat Rumnamara created mess.