Your excuse is invalid
At 9 o’clock this morning, Sgt. Sandra Coast will graduate from Basic Combat Training on Fort Leonard Wood, officially beginning her Army career – at 51 years old.
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February 17th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Well done Soldier!
February 17th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
I need to go on a diet.
That is awesome.
February 17th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Congratulations!!
February 17th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
My eyesight was over 20/800 in both eyes permanently DQing me from service, of course none of the people I talked to prior to getting PRK, including a Staff Sergeant at Great Lakes Naval Base, knew that particular subsection of the rule. Every single fucking one said I could get a waiver, the lying bastards.
February 17th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Dirty doggies letting moms join. Thank you for another reason in an seemingly unending list of examples on why the army is pathetic. If any doggie objects, tell them to wipe their tears with their piss-stripe pants.
February 17th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I’m wondering who proofread that first sentence, making it sound somewhat odd that one could begin their Army career as a Sergeant.
Justs sounds whacky. I don’t care about the age or gender, but for someone to start in the armed forces as a sergeant just sounds off.
One of the outstanding moments of my career, I administered a PT test at our state police academy wherein a former Navy gal beyond middle age outran all the guys including some recent gulf combat vets from several services, and using male pushups (women are allowed a modified form, but she didn’t use it) outdid most of the males & all the women. She earned it. Brought a smile to my face. We hired her.
February 17th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Well, my excuse is still valid, I couldn’t pass the physical.
February 17th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Well done! I was 26 when I attended the Fort Polk School for Wayward Boys back in 1976. I was the second oldest trainee and older than the training cadre Executive Officer.
February 17th, 2012 at 6:32 pm
If you read the article, this isn’t her start in the armed forces, just her start in the army. She was previously in the Navy for 11 years back in the 80’s.
February 17th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Woodsman: Yabbut could she do the sit/reach? I could do everything else in the “Outstanding” zone with ease, but as far as the sit/reach, my toes might as well have been on Mars.
And just what does the sit/reach prove anyway.
February 17th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
this kind of “diversity” is toxic for any military unit.
February 17th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Sgt. Sandra Coast has eleven years prior service and as long as she completes her 20th year of military service prior to turning 63(approx.) she qualifies to rejoin the military…… So she could have returned to service as late as 54yo.
February 18th, 2012 at 1:57 am
High BP here, kept me out. Someone out there is just trying to fill a quota or make good press. She’ll be flying a desk once the media stops paying attention.
February 18th, 2012 at 2:45 am
Watch it HardCorps. Before you shoot your mouth off, I suggest perusing the casualty lists for just who is out there in harms way.
February 18th, 2012 at 10:30 am
I loved the part of the story where she said the hardest part was having to learn to live with 30 teen-aged females. I might have given up right then and there but she stuck it out. Good for her.
February 18th, 2012 at 11:29 am
HardCorps, I realize that you are delusional from years of associating with the other inmates. But you may just want to view the photos of who is doing what in what uniform. She is going into the Army Reserve. If you think this in some way diminishes the Army Reserve, you have not been around a USMC Reserve unit since yesterday. Older individuals are serving in all branches. And they are doing it in harm’s way.
Now go bump your chest and overcompensate somewhere that an airsoft enthusiast will believe what spews out of your mouth.
February 18th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
So, should you survive the rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth, the army that went through Saddam’s Million Men Underarms like shit through a tin horn, the Devil Dogs, the Fleet, and the rifle behind every blade of grass, you’ll still have to deal with Mom?
Think of her as a sort of event planner. Her job is to arrange the meeting.
February 18th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
I like your 4-word conclusion.
February 19th, 2012 at 4:48 am
Steve, uhm Marines and Soldiers are dying, what was your point? My point is the standards for the army are so low 50 year old moms can pass, how exaclty does thay help to win wars?
Great for hooah mamma, bad for army.
February 19th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
“Dirty doggies letting moms join. Thank you for another reason in an seemingly unending list of examples on why the army is pathetic.”
That’s what you said. It’s demeaning. It’s insulting. It’s it’s disrespectful to those serving, and those of us no longer serving, but upholding the oath nevertheless.
It’s conduct unbecoming. You know what that means right?
Now if that’s what you believe, I suggest you take that statement to the nearest VA hospital, for an appropriate response. Be sure to be in uniform.
February 20th, 2012 at 5:34 pm
Congratulations to her. And it was a Winter cycle at FLW. Heck with that.
Hunter
12B Drill Sergeant, ’88-’90
FLW, MO