Posted on 07/21/2019 8:27:59 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper
As the Army, Navy and other services contend with a thriving economy and a directive to expand their ranks, there is a growing debate over whether the military should consider lowering the minimum enlistment age from 17 to 16. More than a dozen countries, including the United Kingdom, already have adopted the policy.
Critics say the idea is deeply flawed and presents a host of societal problems, but supporters argue that the Pentagon needs to think outside the box if it wants to continually overcome one of the toughest recruiting environments in decades.
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No.
If they cannot drive without restrictions, own a gun, drink and smoke then they should not serve.
more robots, drones, automation, AI, remote controlled vehicles, remote controlled weapons systems
Plus room. Plus board. Plus healthcare. Plus 30 days paid vacation. Plus savings plan and pension. Minimum wage jobs don't offer all that.
This is part of the campaign to lower the voting age.
They pushed it down to 18 with “Old enough to die but not old enough to vote”.
Har! Can you imagine the backlash of America-hating, anti-military, anarchist, hysterical, braindead pussyhats and snowflakes in the streets, sobbing all over the 24/7 news, along with their millions of enablers? It would be an epic meltdown.
Exactly! Historians are going to note the "all volunteer" military to placate a generation of spoiled cowards as a significant step in our demise as a nation.
I didn't say it wasn't a good deal. But given all that, they still have trouble making the numbers. IIRC the pension kicks in after 20. Most people that go in won't serve that long.
Yeah, everyone pays supposedly...bit I’m willing to bet I’ve paid more than you have earned in your lifetime so go gfys
Btw..if you read the whole thread you might learn something..my father was I hired badly in ww2, his dad was gassed in ww1 and later killed himself due to the pain
Lol, so you paid more in taxes then I’ve earned in my lifetime? Wonderful for you.
You’ve lost the argument.
Bye
Yep - and takes them out of the liberal ‘conditioning” system while adding a sense of responsibility and potential to develop some real personal responsibility.
if they had a requirement that anyone under the age of 19 could not be deployed outside the continental united states or in combat units and limited to training for there first two years I would have no problem with the military recruiting at 16 in fact it would be good for them but the reality is that 16 is way to young to put some one that young in war type situation except in the most dire situation for this country best not to mess with the recruitment age.
I don’t believe most 16 y/o kids today are ready for the discipline required and most are not mentally or physically fit to qualify.
I enlisted 1 1/2 months after turning 17, in the Fall of my Sr. year of HS. This was in the Navy Air Reserve, so was a weekend warrior for a year, permitting me to finish HS and partake in a two week active duty stint with the Squadron another for an accelerated boot camp.
Went active one year later and just that 1 year of reserve service seemed to mature me a couple of years ahead of other school mates. Correspondence courses and weekend duty, permitted me to be promoted to E-2 before going active.
This is just a back door attempt to give them voting rights.
When on active duty your are paid for 24 hours a day.
When I was active as an E-3 in ‘61-’62 we were paid every 15 days (360 hours). ...I was paid $80. ...That’s just a little over 22 cents/hr.!
If they paid $9.70/hr., that would have been $3492.
Then there's the likelihood that judges will use the military as an alternative to sending the kids to jail. I served with two such guys......
Good catch! The left in some States are already proposing lowering the voting age to brainless 16 y/o kids.
But you get free room and board and an education if you want one.
I play senior softball with a guy who retired from General Dynamics in Egypt last year. He was a tanker in the Army and his training got him his job with GD.......
It is because of the education they receive today that the dems would push for brainwashed 16 year olds to enlist because once they are in they would push for their RIGHT to vote! This is all a plot to destroy our country.
An educational level of at least a high school diploma must be required in the today’s military.
There is no requirement for 16 yo canon fodder at present
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