Older Recruits Stepping Up

Wow.

TAMPA — Kim Medeiros jogs around her block in Brandon wearing a sauna suit. Then the 41-year-old mother of three pulls off the trash bag-like poncho, angles herself on a picnic table and starts knocking out pushups.

Medeiros joins the Army in September. She says it offers her a new, more fulfilling career path than her current job as a court clerk.

We wish Ms. Medeiros the best as she prepares to head off to boot camp after summer concludes. We also wish to thank her sons for their service.