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100 _aLamb, David,
245 0 _aStill Some Fight Left in Them.
_cDavid Lamb.
260 _bLos Angeles Times,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
_nArticle 42,
_pFamily,
_x1522-3213;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500 _aOriginally Published: Still Some Fight Left in Them, Nov. 11, 2003; pp. A1+.
520 _a"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."
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aOlder men
650 _aPatriotism
650 _aSoldiers
_xAttitudes
651 _aU.S.
_xArmed Forces
_xReserves
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005,
_pFamily.
_x1522-3213;
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