Grandma, 41, among Army's older recruits
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Margie Black had wanted to enter the military as a teenager, but having her first child at 19 put off her ambitions. So when she learned the Army raised its enlistment age, Black, now a 41-year-old grandmother from West Columbia, Texas, didn't hesitate to join. The decision took "about 30 seconds," she said.
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Andrew Yost is a year and a half out of high school &#151; a teenager who juggles part-time farm work with a full load of college courses. Gus Douglass is old enough to be his grandfather &#151; a gray-haired political veteran who was first elected when Lyndon Johnson was in the White House.
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More than 90 percent of the Army's new recruits since late July have accepted a $20,000 "quick ship" bonus to leave for basic combat training by the end of September, putting thousands of Americans into uniform almost immediately.
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By Kara Rowland, The Washington Times  Dec. 15--Anyone who has tried to show grandma how to use a mouse knows  that computers are anything but second nature to America's older population.
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It could be the answer to grandmaÃÂÃÂs prayers: a mobile phone designed specifically for the over-65s that aims to take the fear out of technology and get the elderly connected.
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For all the billions of dollars being spent on the war in Iraq, 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist is surprised that the U.S. military doesn't do what she and her little brother are doing: helping soldiers phone home free.
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It would have been easy to dedicate this one to &quot;Maw&quot; - the 78-year-old grandmother Ryan Franklin lost last week. He could have said it was for his son, splayed across his father&#39;s lap after the game.
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Stationed in a remote corner of Iraq, Marine Corps reservist Karl Linn's only means of communicating with the outside world was through a computer. Several times a week, the 20-year-old combat engineer would log on and send out a batch of e-mails and update a Web site with pictures of his adventures.
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For relatives and friends of U.S. troops serving in Iraq, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" was the place to be.
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The U.S. Army, now mobilizing 5,600  former soldiers from a rarely used personnel pool to go to Iraq  and Afghanistan, plans to summon a similar number next year for  duty in those war zones, a senior official said on Friday.
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Although Lt. Lynn Shradley didn't vote in the last presidential election, she plans to this year. She even took her political involvement a step further, helping other soldiers apply for absentee ballots during an election fair at Fort Campbell.
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If authorities try to send 7-year-old illegal immigrant Ikram Belhout back to Algeria, they&#039;ll have to get through Francine Le Cadre first. The 73-year-old retired social worker is among a swelling corps of volunteers resisting government efforts to step up deportations of immigrant families with children &amp;#151; including by hiding illegals from police if needed.
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The military offers a great retirement plan option.
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MEDJUGORJE, Bosnia -- Nora McNulty, a Scottish grandmother, began climbing the hill at 5:50 a.m., having traveled 1,300 miles in search of something hard to find at home.
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With a son-in-law in Iraq and a son who served in Afghanistan, Kathy Johnston says she wants to make sure her five grandchildren know that it's important to support U.S. troops, no matter how they feel about the war.
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A pensioner is urging others to follow her example and learn more computer skills.   Since joining the Gateways To Learning scheme at her local library, Dorothy Willets, 85, of Bedwas, Caerphilly, has worked to get a level one open college network qualification.
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In Alexander Sokurov&#39;s elegiac  new film, an old woman visits her grandson serving in Russia&#39;s  breakaway republic of Chechnya, and she quickly becomes a  magnet for soldiers and locals worn down by years of conflict.