I know the Military has shown a decline in recruitments the past 5 or so years. So how do they plan on getting more people to enlist? Are the services going to lower their standards? If some already have do you know which ones have and what their new standards are?
2006-12-18 06:18:04 · 19 answers · asked by mr_nice_guy 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Age
One would think that age would be a simple category. One is either old enough, or too old, right? Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work that way. By federal law (10 U.S.C., 510), the minimum age for enlistment in the United States Military is 17 (with parental consent) and the maximum age is 35. This is to ensure than anyone who enlists on active duty can be eligible for retirement (20 years of service) at the mandatory age of 55 (60 in some cases). However, DOD policy allows the individual services to specify the maximum age of enlistment based upon their own unique requirements. The individual services have set the following maximum ages for non-prior service enlistment:
Active Army - 42
Army Reserves - 42
Active Air Force - 27
Air Force Reserve - 34
Active Navy - 34
Naval Reserves - 39
Active Marines - 28
Marine Corps Reserve - 29
Active and Reserve Coast Guard - 27
However, prior service enlistees can receive an "age waiver." In most cases, the amount of age that can be waived depends upon the amount of time the individual previously spent in the military. For example, let's say that an individual has four years of credible military service in the Marine Corps and wants to join the Air Force. The Air Force could waive the individual's maximum enlistment age to age 31 (Maximum age of 27 for the Air Force, plus four years credible service in the Marines). For the Marine Corps, the maximum age of enlistment for prior service is 32, after computing the prior-service age adjustment.
For the Army National Guard, the maximum age for non-prior service enlistment is age 39. For the Air National Guard, it's 34. For prior service, the maximum age is 59, as long as the member is able to complete 20 years of creditable service for retirement by age 60.
2006-12-18 06:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by Mario Savio 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As always, both the Navy and the Air Force have sufficient number of new enlistments. It is the Army and the Marines that are taking the brunt of the KIAs and subsiquent drop in enlistment and extensions.
Both the Army and the Marines have already knocked the qualifications down as far as they can go. They are also approving many more waverable conditions, things that would not have been approved piror to the second Iraq war.
The next step would be a Military Draft. Its not popular but effective in maintaining quality and the numbers required.
Ask any soldier or Marine - You dont want someone thats stupid or reckless covering your back.
2006-12-18 07:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't a decline. All the services met their individual recruiting goals for November.
The Army acheived 105% of its goal.
The Navy 100%.
The Air Force 100%.
The Marines 104%.
The Navy and Air Force chose to turn them away until December. Don't think they'll lower their standards. There is absolutely no reason to.
2006-12-18 11:55:11 · answer #3 · answered by Top B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They adjust quotas and standards all the time. Note that they usually have "difficulty meeting recruitment goals" whenever Congress is looking at the budget, but they always come very close.
I would hope Congress finally stops cutting troop levels and re-expands the military to levels that might be adequate for our world-wide commitments, preferably enough to rely less on the Reserve and Guard units than has been policy. That might mean taking average citizens instead of the slightly-higher-than-average that now fill the services, but I doubt the change would have to be dramatic.
2006-12-18 06:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The recruitment decline is a lie from the lefty media. I'd like to see some stats on this? No they do not need to lower their standards. There are plenty of brave young men and women who want a career in the military.
2006-12-18 06:25:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1.The military has already lowered its standards as it is... currently if you don't meet weight requirements, you can take a test that challenges your endurance.. female weight standards have been lowered (& need to go lower in my opinion) b/c it was all pretty much based on measurements of a man.. you dont necessarily have to have a ASVAB score of 31 to enlist; it can be in the higher teens. its called CAT4(category 4) (ask a recruiter)... I can go on you know...
2.I think theyre doing alot more advertisements for recruiting.. I dont think that i've ever seen a National Guard ad on t.v or heard 1 on the radio until this past year.. plus, they changed their slogan from "ARMY of 1" to "ARMY STRONG" (in my opinion, the latest one hits home to alot b/c of personal reasons)
3.If you really want to know what the latest requirements are for enlisting.. google it. or you can talk to a recruiter of each branch..
2006-12-18 08:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true at all. It is much more difficult.. no longer are judges telling kids "jail or the Army". In most cases you need a HS diploma..which wasn't the case 20 years ago. Also, the jobs available to people who qualify hasn't changed. You're not going to become a Nuke in the Navy if you only qualify as a yeoman or boatswains mate. I think you don't have your facts correct.. maybe you want them to lower their standard because you failed the ASVAB.
2016-05-23 04:46:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I have seen recruiting is at an all time high nationally. The Army surpassed its projected goals in Oct. or Nov. Try getting into the Air Force and see how much they bend over backward for you. The all volunteer military is alive and well in the U. S.
2006-12-18 06:32:57 · answer #8 · answered by cpl_dvldog 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They already have. Just last September, the Army recruited 2,500 new soldiers under lowered aptitude tests.
In previous years, the Army had allowed only 2% of its recruits to have low aptitude scores. That limit was increased last year to 4%, the maximum allowed by the Defense Department.
Also, 17% of first-time recruits were accepted under waivers for various medical, moral or criminal problems, including misdemeanor arrests or drunk driving.
2006-12-18 06:29:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could be, but when you say Lowering the standards, what exactly is on your mind?
Sex?
race?
religion?
orare you generally inquireing lowering the MEDICAL standards?
I know now women can be drafted, and immunity no longer implies the only son.
2006-12-18 06:24:22 · answer #10 · answered by danksprite420 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋