Wow, someone in the army saw re-runs of Dad's Army on BBC1 and thought it was a good idea.

It went really well the last time a Volkssturm fought the Russians

They finally did huh, with every other government service already cut they actually have gone after the military.

The final citadel to be replaced with people from the town.

By opening up recruitment to pensioners, the Army’s size could be increased by more than 7,700 per cent, she says

Wtf lol that's like half milion old people suddenly enli... wait a minute this makes sense, if they plan to completely cut off healthcare and pensions, which i'm sure they are thinking about.

tbh wouldnt mind seeing a lot of the reactionary olds in this country have to go stand up for their "principles" in a meaningful way. would be a lot better than letting them sit in their massive houses whining about young people and making things worse for everyone, while middle aged and older Ukrainian men are forced at gunpoint to march into certain death on behalf of our government

Number go up good. Right?

To be fair this is just the opinion of some random crank

Dr Linda Parker, one of the UK’s leading military historians, says…

However I actually think it would be a good answer to the social care crisis - if grandmas is in the infantry at least you know she’s getting three square meals a day and keeping her bed sheets changed regularly. Sure she might have to push a trench in a storm group or dig a foxhole but don’t they say that physical exercise is good for bone density and preventing muscular wastage in old age?

It took Nazi Germany years of kinetic denazification to reach the level of military degradation the UK has inflicted on itself with neoliberalism

wot if yer nan joined the SAS

Nothing breaks the facade of “muh individual liberty” quite like hearing what the porks want from poor people.

Literally salivating about sending elderly in a war like they’re goddamn Pokémon.

come on

At least cap it at retirement age. I guess I could entertain the concept of raising it to retirement age, at 66. But 80- or 90-year-olds?

anyone stupid and evil enough to sign up for the military of br*tain, of all countries, should be allowed to do so, so as to purge them from this earth

Lol. Wtf

This is related to the story about the UK doing more cyberattacks against Russia and China. A bunch of mummified English hams trying to get Vlad to pay their taxes in Tesco gift cards

Sorry nan I can't care for you because I can barely afford my flat... Of course there's no social services any more so no carers are available. Have you considered joining the RAF? Come on Nan your only 83 that's young these days!

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.

The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce―and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.

Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.

John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine―and what he will become is far stranger.

I only know about this sci fi book series because a conservative lib retiree guy talked to me about it one time at a social gathering.

Aren't there upper boundaries on a soldier's age (per rank)? How would this even work in this case?

Captain Tom would be proud.