I love my country and all that, but...

...we will pay a price for brutalizing our women so. [Yes, kiddies, war is brutal. And that is why the National Guard exists.]

Army Times: Mother, daughter inspire each other to enlist

A South Boston mother and daughter have joined the Virginia Army National Guard together — recruited by their brother and uncle.

Wanda Seate, 40, and her daughter, Ashley Elliott, 21, will leave Thursday for Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C.

Their recruiter was Staff Sgt. Jonathan Rhew, Wanda’s brother and Ashley’s uncle.

Last spring, Rhew was explaining to Elliott how the Guard could help her realize her dream of going to college.

When Seate heard his pitch, “I told Jon, if I was young enough, I’d go in right away,” Seate recalled Tuesday.

“You know, they just raised the age limit to 42,” Rhew told his sister.

“Where’s the paper?” Seate told him. “I’m going.”

And Elliott went, too.

“It’s a privilege for me to be here to serve my country,” Seate said. “It’s always something I’ve wanted to do.”