A Washington Times report is saying that the U.S. Army has officially raised the maximum enlistment age from 35 to 42 years old and relaxed restrictions on recruiting individuals with marijuana convictions. The move comes as the country continues its war with Iran and widens its recruiting pool after struggling to fill the ranks.
The maximum age for eligible recruits changes for “applicants with prior military service,” according to an Army Regulation report released Friday. This aligns the service’s age requirements with the Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard.
The minimum age to enlist in the Army is still 18, but 17-year-olds can join with parental permission.
Recruits with low-level marijuana convictions previously had to wait two years and pass a drug test before obtaining a waiver to enlist. With the new rule, recruits with a single prior conviction of possession of marijuana or drug paraphernalia may forgo the waiver.
In-service drug use, however, remains strictly prohibited...
Hey, when you need people to DIE FOR ISRAEL, you can't be picky...right???
ReplyDeleteHi Joe!!!,
ReplyDeleteSo that's how the "Term" .. "Shotgunning pot" came to be... I think the guys "In-Country" also did that with the "M-16!!"
There are many testaments to the story!!
Audentes, fortuna, Iuvat!!!!
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