• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    edit-2
    12 days ago

    Just for everyone to know:

    42 is the maximum age for voluntary enlistment with the US Army where it was formerly 35. The maximum age for the Selective Service remains 25. This means the Army now matches the maximum voluntary enlistment age that the other branches of the US military have already had. The US Army temporarily did this in 2006 during the Iraq War, but lowered to back to their former normal of 35 in 2016.

    Historically, the US has involuntarily conscripted for the Civil War up to age 45, WWI up to age 30 initially but was later expanded to 45, and WWII registered up to age 64 but they mostly picked only up to about age 40.

    In other words: THIS ONLY APPLIES TO VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT WITH THE US ARMY. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO SELECTIVE SERVICE.

    • MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      26
      ·
      12 days ago

      15? Really? Katie Johnson was 13 when trump raped her. And there’s no reason to believe that she was the youngest of his victims.

  • IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    edit-2
    12 days ago

    Americans, probably most western cultures, barely live like humans anymore.

    There little reason to live this lifestyle anymore, it’s not normal. It’s like our existence in these 1st world nations is specifically to build this monster culture up to end natural life instead of be human.

    It’s weird a person can have zero American success, be poor, and still be a better more mature human being than them.

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      12 days ago

      We’re so far removed from what it means to be human. Everything is available at the push of a button. It’s pretty crazy what level of alienation we’ve reached.

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    12 days ago

    About time these avo toast crunching layabouts got off their dungaree’d arses and contributed to the military industrial complex.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      12 days ago

      Considering they are raiding paycheck funds to pay for other things doesn’t inspire confidence that this stuff will ever happen, or that it will actually be free, or that the T is actually testosterone and not some gobbly gook made by a crony trying to scam contract money…