Uncle Sam Still Wants Her at Age 58

[unhappycamper]

Uncle Sam Still Wants Her at Age 58
March 14, 2009
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee, Wi. - Carol Haertlein Sells raised her hand Friday and swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic.

It's the same oath thousands of Army officers have taken before Sells, but the Random Lake woman is different from most second lieutenants finishing Officer Candidate School.

She's being commissioned as a captain; she didn't go to Officer Candidate School; and she has grown children, including a son who is about to deploy on his second trip to Iraq.

Also: Sells is 58.

It's not often the Army gets new recruits who are eligible for membership in AARP. But Sells doesn't fit the profile of an average Army recruit.


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/news/article/uncle-sam-still-wants-her-at-age-58.html?col=1186032310810

[DrDan]

1. good for her - her new job is very worthy of mention

[dkf]

2. yikes

"Still, it wasn't easy. Sells needed age- and pay-grade waivers and must pass the physical test when she arrives at the base, which, for her age and gender, will be running two miles within 24 minutes, 48 seconds. She must also do 26 sit-ups in two minutes and seven push-ups in the same amount of time. Sells has always been fit and runs regularly, but she's been practicing sit-ups and push-ups for the test."