From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-375066-168007
VAN NUYS, Calif. (UPI) -- With U.S. Army regulations changed to allow
recruits up to age 42, a California father-and-son team say they're
enlisting together.
Gary Rankins, 40, and his son Joseph Rankins, 19, will be sworn in
together this week at the U.S. Army recruiting station in Van Nuys,
Calif., the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
Army officials said that although they don't keep of track of such
unusual recruitments, they did admit this was a rare one. S. Douglas
Smith, a spokesman with the Army Recruiting Command in Fort Knox, Ky.,
told the Times he knew of one father-daughter pair who enlisted in
Florida recently.
Since mid-2006 when the recruiting age limit was raised from 35 to 42,
some 665 people over age 40 have signed enlistment papers, Smith said.
Gary Rankins said he was signing up for a second stint in the military
after his civilian job prospects dwindled. Meanwhile, son Joseph had
quit his job at a printing company, bored and dissatisfied with the
work. So they decided to take the plunge together, the Times said.