The United States army announced last month that it would raise the maximum age at which Americans can enlist from 35 to 42 years to expand its pool of eligible candidates amid recruiting challenges in recent years.
An updated version of US Army Regulation 601–210, dated March 20, outlined the changes, including the elimination of rules requiring anyone with a single conviction for marijuana possession or drug paraphernalia to obtain a waiver to enlist.
The new age limit was announced during the US-Israel war on Iran, towards which young people have expressed widespread opposition.
The updated version of Army Regulation 601–210 officially takes effect on Monday, April 20.
Canada’s enlistment age has been up to 50 for quite some time now. Basic gets you into shape… Or it doesn’t, and you fail out.
In the grand scheme of things this really doesn’t seem like a big deal. I think it’s newsworthy because it reflects a clear anxiety in the US Military about their inability to fill their recruitment numbers, but beyond that It’s not really all that unusual.
It has? I wonder if I can enlist as an interpreter.
Well they already ditched/reduced a bunch of training last year.
Why would you need mentally sound solders…
And that’s an actual problem. That’s kind of my point; why are people fixating on largely meaningless things like recruitment age, instead of very real problems like ditching mental resiliency training?
No one talks about mental resiliency training and most people who would willing join the military are too fucking retarded or desperate to understand or care.
It also makes for shit headlines cause it doesn’t induce enough fear.
My body looks the right shape at almost 50, but my knees and shoulders would be fucked carrying the loads they require in infantry training. Probably also my back.
Good news is you don’t need very much training to be drone fodder.