Deo Vindice
Fellow 1st District true believer and frequent contributor to such publications as Bacon's Rebellion and GOP USA, James Bowden has a great blog up called Deo Vindice.
Listed there is a great post in defense of raising the recruiting age for the U.S. Army to the age of 42. Reminds me of the stories of Roman legions who, upon serving their 16 years would re-enlist for another 16 long years, creating legionaries and centurions upwards of 50 years of age who the most respected (or alternately, feared) men in the unit.
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James Atticus Bowden 
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The retirement from an enlistment in the Roman Empire was a piece of the Empire to farm with the local wench the soldier married.
The congregation of Thessalonica in the book of Thessalonians was made up of many such ex-soldiers.
I've written that my retirement piece of the American Empire is a half acre in Tidewater, Virginia.
FYI, GOPUSA quit carrying my stuff in the summer of 04. They never answered my many inquiries why.
I'm carried on a number of other sites with archives. My complete archive is at www.americancivilization.net
Next time I see you, Shaun, I need to tell you about my "True Believer" letter to cadets from the USMA Cl of 84 I taught.
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