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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The US military takes enlistees at 17 and a half years old. Usually from poor families.

I believe the US lets people enlist at 17 (with parental consent) but they don't deploy them to combat before they're 18.

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