At one time the Army had GED classes and did GED testing so that shouldn’t be a problem.
In my opinion teens today though far more “worldly” in things like dating, sex, ETC are no where near as mature or have the sense of responsibility those of earlier generations had.
My dad was considered a man at 16, left home and went into the world. That was during the Depression. My brothers were mature, responsible, and doing the work of grown men at 16. I have a grandson that is pretty mature, responsible, and a hard worker at 16. He is not close to where my brothers were at the same age though. Maybe it is just the grandma in me but I say no to 16.
If they go back to doing the GED in service they should be able to get more recruits just from doing that.
I don’t know what they may need to do to recruit the numbers they need, they may end up taking 16 year olds. I hope not.
Large pool of males socially promoted up through elementary and middle school that are then dumped into the high schools. At 16, they drop out.
We must be careful. If they start recruiting 16 year olds, the Dems will use it as an excuse to lower the voting age to 16. Bank on it