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Re:US Army raises enlistment age to 42 and removes marijuana... by vntx on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @01:00AM (#47513474)
I went into the armed forces recruiting office a year or two ago for Air Force Cyber and the adjacent Army and Navy recruiters were complaining that no one wanted to join while everyone was asking for Air Force when the Air Force recruiter was out for most of the year because he had met his quotas. Somehow I ended up in the Navy office and suffice to say I left the office with a big no to the Navy man no matter how much he tried to persuade me with promises of seeing the world. I have the internet for that thank you.

All my vet friends said to reconsider and I wisely followed their advice.

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Re:US Army raises enlistment age to 42 and removes marijuana... by jazzyjackson on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @01:15AM (#47513560)
Good to have friends that can take the romance out of something. Not much world to see on the inside of an aircraft carrier is what I hear.
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Re:US Army raises enlistment age to 42 and removes marijuana... by jrs235 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @12:39PM (#47519743)
"I travelled around the world!"

"What did you get to see and experience?"

"Mostly a lot of grey metal, water as far as the eye could see, and sea and home sickness."

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Re:US Army raises enlistment age to 42 and removes marijuana... by relaxing on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:57AM (#47515700)
How did the Navy recruiting office turn you away from joining up?
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Re:US Army raises enlistment age to 42 and removes marijuana... by vntx on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:54AM (#47516131)
The Navy guy tried too hard to sell the upsides without telling me any of the downsides and I knew there were a lot of downsides. Said my asvab score could get me in nuke and great pay, that I could see the world. The Air Froce guy told me like it was. Guess who I trusted more?
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