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US army ups max enlistment age to 42 (www.stripes.com)
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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 hours ago

Gen X need not apply? Fine.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Whew, still out of range

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

The Army in recent years had capped the enlistment age at 35

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Just shows how fuck we are. Seriously joining the military in your 40's would be dumb. I bet he doing this for when they begin the fucking draft.