The United States army announced last month that it would raise the maximum age at which Americans can enlist from 35 to 42 years to expand its pool of eligible candidates amid recruiting challenges in recent years.
An updated version of US Army Regulation 601–210, dated March 20, outlined the changes, including the elimination of rules requiring anyone with a single conviction for marijuana possession or drug paraphernalia to obtain a waiver to enlist.
The new age limit was announced during the US-Israel war on Iran, towards which young people have expressed widespread opposition.
The updated version of Army Regulation 601–210 officially takes effect on Monday, April 20.
As if we haven’t already had to sacrifice enough, now they want our lives directly on the line. Hey, you know all those years your spent paying off ludicrous college debt at shitty low-paying jobs, living in unaffordable housing, pushing back starting families? Well, now that you’ve finally found your footing, we want you to upend everything you’ve been fighting uphill for and take on a new fight you didn’t ask for! The country that’s done nothing to help you, but that has demanded you to give more and more over the course of decades (and that shit on your generation for taking so long to meet adult milestones through no fault of your own), now needs your blood for yet another pointless war.