[billorites]

Missed it by seven years!

[LauraleeBraswell]

MY GOODNESS! They raised the age!

It's not like people are living longer, healthier lives these days. Nothing has changed since they instituted the age!

[Steel Wolf]

Recruiting is hard up. I could be retired before some people even enlist. That's scary. It's too bad it came to this, but the personnel shortage is on the brink of disaster. It's a shame that the military didn't fix retention at the right end, and instead is just looking to pull more people off the streets in the hope they stay in long enough to be replaced. Even that's a losing strategy, but at least its sustainable.

The only way to really fix this is to attract the right kind of soldiers, and to do the right things to keep them in. We don't do either anymore.

[biblewonk]

We need to raise the mininum age to 21 since 18 yearolds can't be trusted to drink.

[fso301]

The problem with this is that in the 4 1/2 years since 9/11, those who were within this increased enlistment age limit and were turned away due to being "too old" are still deemed too old and turned away.

[tame]

AWESOME! Next step: raise the army's active duty age requirement to 39 or 40 a.s.a.p.

[tame]

This is a terrific first step in line with my earlier thread. click on the following link: Open letter to Bush, Congress, Rush, Hannity, and Freepers re military age requirments.

[wallcrawlr]

They raised the age...

Why would the army want a 33yr old husband and father of 2(4yr and 3 week old)?

[jpsb]

Ping me when they get to 59.

[Ronzo]

Time to bring back the draft. Seriously.