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| Air Force hopes raising maximum age of enlistment to new high will ease recruiting crisis |
| 2023-11-11 |
| [FoxNews] The Air Force estimates the new rule will lead to 50 additional recruits per year The Air Force and Space Force are raising the maximum age applicants can enlist as the services continue to search for ways to alleviate ongoing recruiting struggles. Those interested in joining the Air Force or Space Force will have until they are 42-years-old to sign up, a three-year rise in the age limit that was previously set at 39, according to a report from Military.com. The change means that the two branches will now be accepting the oldest recruits of any Department of Defense military branch "Air Force Recruiting is glad to see a change in the age component of the accessions process," Brig. Gen. Chris Amrhein, the Air Force Recruiting Service commander, said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "This change, which aligns us with DOD accessions policy, is about identifying opportunity for talent out there. But make no mistake, we are not lowering any of our standards; someone who is 42 still has to meet the same accession requirements as younger applicants." The change comes after the Air Force announced last month that it had missed its active duty recruiting goals by 11%, falling nearly 3,000 recruits short of the 26,877 that the service said it needed, according to Military.com. The failure to meet recruiting goals extended to other branches as well, the report noted, with the Army and Navy also falling short of this year's goal. Only the Marine Corps was able to meet its recruiting goals this year, though the report notes that the branch "squeaked by" and has also struggled to meet National Guard and officer goals. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 An A/B who is in a cohort that is beginning to retire with 20 yrs. I slick-sleeved it through with a guy who was in his late 20's. We called him "The Old Man." |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2023-11-11 21:58 |
| #11 pre-planned "over-due recruitment disaster"... |
| Posted by: 746 2023-11-11 16:23 |
| #10 ^^ As someone said, "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill". Hey, weren't we just laughing at the Rus and the Ukies for doing exactly this? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-11-11 15:37 |
| #9 /\ No PT test for u IRB and you can have SOS at every meal if you like. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-11 14:13 |
| #8 make it 86 and i'll think about a re-up. I miss 'shit-on-a-shingle'. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-11-11 14:10 |
| #7 https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-bud-light-military |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-11-11 12:45 |
| #6 "Woketruppen" - nice. Isn't there another dimension to this completely understandable and over-due recruitment disaster - that quality has been lowered just to get to the failed recruitment numbers? And how about retention trends? Gotta be horrible. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2023-11-11 12:04 |
| #5 Air Force hopes raising maximum age of enlistment to new high will ease recruiting crisis Bullshit. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-11-11 11:16 |
| #4 Because people of that age would want to get ordered around by 20 year old woketruppen. These are not serious people. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-11-11 10:47 |
| #3 But wouldn't using older personnel conflict with the NEW Normal indoctrination and re-education processes that the Biden Puppet government controllers have put in place to tone down the Military's Testosterone levels? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-11-11 04:46 |
| #2 Behold the Putin recruitment model. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-11 01:25 |
| #1 Are these people for real? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-11 01:13 |