Navy raises enlistment age limit to 41 as recruiting problems continue

[Deafheaven]

I went through basic when I was 20 and hated it. Cant imagine having someone scream at me like they did now. Probs would laugh in they face

 

[Deafheaven]

If they eliminate the swimming test I may re enlist.


I almost drowned in boot camp

I passed thaf swim test after like 6 weeks and have literally not swam since. My shorty was shocked she was like how was you in the coast guard and didnt swim

Point is to not be in the water im noy a rescue diver

 

[Voice of Reason]

I think they will have to drop the felony conviction ban to drive real recruitment.

 

[xiceman191]

I think they will have to drop the felony conviction ban to drive real recruitment.

I think that would be a good idea give these brothas an actual second chance at life and give them gainful employment.

 

[Dave24]

Couldn't imagine being 41 and getting yelled at by some 21 year old E-4/E-5

Wouldn't bother me at all. How old was Alexander the Great when he conquered the world?

 

[Savvir]

Yeah, like someone said in those comments: one sniper on the battlefield is a tide turner. Now imagine the whole team being snipers.

Military would need less soldiers and less ammo with tech like that. shyt with the rockets the world got, it needs less soldiers all around the world.

most people in military are in support roles...

food, communication, infrastructure, repair, logistics, admin etc.

having more advanced infantry isn't really going to change the personnel needs by that much

 

[Dave24]

@Dave24 this ya last chance

 

[Fill Collins]

I'm considering joining the military if all else fails, that's great news for me

 

[downtheline]

not surprised. I was out at the grocery store last weekend and chicago police were in the actively recruiting strangers to sign up to take the test and get in the academy

If you had ever went to the Career Fairs while active duty, it’s 90% law enforcement

 

[Youngdev]

It was a nikka 29 in our basic training . We fried his ass every night

fukk you been doing with your life for the last 11 years

Homeboy was crying and everything, he aint make it

I got out at 22, going in at 40 is nuts

 

[downtheline]

It is. There's so many Chinese and Jamaican people in the Navy lol.

It's about 10-20 Jamaicans and around 80 Chinese people on my ship of 1,000.

Matter of fact, Filipino people make up around half of that 1,000

Filipino Mafia

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

It was a nikka 29 in our bootcamp shyt. We fried his ass every night

fukk you been doing with your life for the last 11 years

Homeboy was crying and everything, he aint make it

I got out at 22, going in a 40 is nuts

You really should be only going at that age to leverage it for the next phase in your career (resetting to a new field and having the military cover it) or personal life (getting away for a few years and leveraging those military benefits)

 

[42 Monks]

You really should be only going at that age to leverage it for the next phase in your career (resetting to a new field and having the military cover it) or personal life (getting away for a few years and leveraging those military benefits)

yeah. i'll never forget we had a couple of old guys in our group. one was a former firefighter - cool dude who just wanted to get paid to be an airport firefighter instead of a neighborhood fire fighter. some 34 year old african guy who probably lied about his age but was cool as fukk so we all let it ride. and this absolute weirdo who was 30+.... he had zero common sense. but he was trying to be an xray tech and apparently was more than smart enough on paper.

its a real pathway in more ways than ppl realize fr

then there was the headcases and desperate/unstable

 

[Kornball The Conqueror]

I'm considering joining the military if all else fails, that's great news for me

 

[Spence]

Better downsize your overbudgeted military United States DOD.

I am guessing supersoldiers in the near future to make up the deficit.

Nah, they’ve been working on unmanned drones and bomb robots for a while now. Those robot dogs also look scary as fk.