Somehow, I don't think that's going to entice more volunteers.Battling recruiting and retention shortfalls among its part-time soldiers, the Army is launching a new experimental policy approving the acceptance of not-so-young recruits into the ranks of the Army National Guard and Reserve.
Dubbed a three-year “test,” the new policy will bump up the maximum age for new enlistments from 34 years to 39 years, according to an Army announcement.
Stars & Stripes article
WTF? Maybe if they lowered the age to 12. But perhaps it's merely a step in the movement toward drafting, so that the maximum age for the draft will be higher.
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