The Army will now allow recruits to enlist up to age 42 and has removed a waiver requirement for those with a marijuana-related conviction.

The Army will now allow recruits to enlist up to age 42 and has removed a waiver requirement for those with a marijuana-related conviction.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I thought it was 44, and I’m seeing examples of that happening back during WW2, such as Pvt. William S. Frederick, Sr.

        Along the dusty road to Camp Gruber, forty-four-year-old Pvt. William S. Frederick, Sr., encountered his own son, twenty-year-old Pvt. William S. Frederick, Jr. Both were taxicab drivers from Olean, New York; neither had dependents; and both had been snapped up by their local draft board.

    • Nycifer@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      Watch them raise the age again, now it’ll probably be up to 55!

      I thought I dodged the bullet myself when I learned it was previously up to 35.

      “If you’re not with us, then you’ll die for us and we’ll make sure of it!” Their motto, probably.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      2·
      2 days ago

      i have a chronic atopic dermatitis and ibs so i wont be eligible other, i once considered it decade + ago until i developed that dermatitis problem.