A 59-year-old Army and Marine vet, who served in Afghanistan, just graduated Army basic combat...

Good on him. I went through BCT at Fort Benning, GA in 2007 at the age of 35. I turned 36 during Week 5 of BCT (I didn't tell anyone). There was one guy older than me, who was 38. He blew out his knee so I became the oldest one in the platoon. All the young kids thought they were "all that" until the APFT scores were posted; then then bravado stopped.

I think I could re-do BCT now at age 50, but I don't think I would want to. All of the "mind games" didn't really affect me then, and they wouldn't now. In fact, now they would just seem silly.

Hoorah

Lots more like him out there. They'd all answer the call if able and really needed. Hard man.