WHEN I JOINED the Army at age 23, I didn't realize I was that much older than most recruits until we had our first physical-training test. The maximum score for the five events was 500 points, and I was the only trainee in our platoon to get 400. The drill sergeant called me to stand alone in front of the assembled platoon, and I thought I was about to be praised. But, turning to the other trainees, he barked, "If that old man can get 400 points, just think what the rest of you should have scored!"

--Contributed to "Humor In Uniform" by Col. Jester W. Rawls

Provided Courtesy of Reader's Digest.

Only to a drill sergeant would 23 be an old man.

Originally Posted by AJChenMPH

WHEN I JOINED the Army at age 23, I didn't realize I was that much older than most recruits until we had our first physical-training test. The maximum score for the five events was 500 points, and I was the only trainee in our platoon to get 400. The drill sergeant called me to stand alone in front of the assembled platoon, and I thought I was about to be praised. But, turning to the other trainees, he barked, "If that old man can get 400 points, just think what the rest of you should have scored!"

--Contributed to "Humor In Uniform" by Col. Jester W. Rawls

Provided Courtesy of Reader's Digest.

hahahahaha

that's pretty good

Good one!

Hahahaha!!

Got this again...

Ouch, maybe it's the porkchop platoon?

It's called the modern army.