The announcement included references to older soldiers sharing knowledge and experience as well as widening the recruitment pool. It was stated that this was part of a plan to reduce the regular Army by bolstering the number of Reservists. It is a clear example of the law of supply and demand. The military is rarely this nimble except in the cases of urgent manpower shortage. There can be no argument that the large investment over time in the very capable non-commissioned officer ranks in all branches of service should justify opportunities for extension of service by the willing for the needy.
Similarly, if persons of advanced age are already serving in country in combat zones, there can be no reason to deny access to experienced volunteers at elevated pay despite diminished rank. If soldiers are serving their country at fifty or fifty-five there should be no bar on enlistment. The United States will allow enlistment of a seventeen year old teenager into their military with parental consent and eighteen year old without that consent.
There are many aspects of law where certain individuals such as underage girls and more recently, boys, are incapable of consent. Surely this should apply to an equally dangerous scenario with even greater potential harm to the underage person.
There is a greater debate in Britain than in America over the minimum enlistment age of boys into the military perhaps because the age is so low in the United Kingdom. A boy can apply for military enlistment in England at the age of fifteen years and seven months with parental consent to join at sixteen years old. Lack of employment opportunity, drug use or gang activity cannot be a stanchion in the age enlistment debate.
There can be no reasonable objection for a widening of the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps to an extended and expanded non-combat military cadet corps that would provide a ready pool of informed volunteers in that event and at a proper age. The surprise may be a possible massive recruitment from such a new paradigm of millennials or boys from the U. One realistic point of view is that a large majority of potential underage recruits fail early for health, academic or criminal history reasons.
A senior military officer put the actual recruitment pool at less than five percent of the available under twenty-five year olds and even down from that for deduction of failures in the Armed Forces Qualification Test. The most glaring contradiction comes from comparison with the enlistment age for the equally dangerous and demanding job of police officer. Did anyone train with someone a lot older than them? I know that roles are upto the age of 36, but would i be out of my deph training with younger recruits Based on fitness etc Should I be put off by this or still just go for it?
Drakey War Hero. The average age of recruits is 20 years old. I'll start with one piece of advice for which you will always be grateful: call on or ring your local Royal Navy Careers Advisors this week. The average age of the Royal Navy recruit is rising all the time. There will be other joiners in your age group, believe me. Looked at logically, if candidates in their thirties weren't going to make the grade, the Royal Navy wouldn't waste time and energy training them. As long as you pass your RT, medical, eyesight test, interview, fitness test and security clearance, there is no reason why you should not join and do well.
Bear in mind, your maturity might well be your best asset. Anyway, crack on! I start my divers at either 29, From experience i usually find the older guys fitter and more switched on, hence working their way up quicker, or moving on to other things.
Hi Bartman, We see people in the careers office form about 14 to As Soleil says the average age of recruits has increased and it's very likely now days that you wouldn't be the only 30 year old in your entry. The waiting times are increasing all the time.
So if you think you want to apply or even might want to, getting into your local careers office ASAP is a must. You can always back out, but the longer you leave it the more people will be ahead of you in the allocation pipeline.
Hope this helps, give it a go you have nothing to lose and everything to gain SM. DaleB Midshipman. I'm 35 in February. My mortgage is holding me back at the moment. Hopefully then the ball will be rolling again. Looking at the waiting time for AET i'll be 36 if and when i get a joining date. Even so, since the military draft ended in , the average age of officers and enlisted personnel has increased.
The average military officer was roughly And the average enlisted member was just over age 27 in , compared with age 25 in The age gap between officers and the troops they lead has remained consistent over that time period.
They are four times as likely as average adults ages 18 to 44 to have completed a postgraduate degree. The educational profile of enlisted personnel is much different. In recent conflicts around the world, the National Guard and Reserves have often fought alongside the active-duty military. In , , adults served in the Selected Reserves — those National Guard members and reservists who were available to be called to active duty. An additional , adults are in the Inactive National Guard and Individual Ready Reserve and do not engage in regular training or active-duty drills.
Say "Alexa, enable the Pew Research Center flash briefing". While the military doesn't list the average age of enlistment, the average age of enlisted military members is slightly over For officers, it's When the U.
Some boys in that war enlisted underage, sometimes as young as Since the Vietnam War, the trend has reversed somewhat, Pew Research says. This is partly because the military has raised the age limits for joining over the years to attract more experienced, mature individuals. It's possible that fewer younger Americans are signing up because tougher eligibility standards mean a lot of them don't qualify. For example, if they have health issues, poor education or they fail the background check, they're a no-go.
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