age waiver for army
Active Duty None-Prior Service. 1  Army - 35 (must ship to basic training prior to 35th birthday. The Army experimented with raising the age limit to age 42 for a brief period of time, but effective April 1st, 2011, the Army has reverted to the lower age limit. 2  Air Force - 39. 3  Navy - 34.  Marines 1  - 28. Coast Guard - Age  27. The only person I've met that got an age waiver was in the Air Force and as they were applying received orders to Germany, and when he got there they would not sign his conditional release until he did at least two years or something, so that pushed him over the age limit. ABINGTON, Pa. — Saying the military needs to do more to compete with corporate America for quality recruits, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter opened the door Monday to relaxing some enlistment standards — particularly for high-tech or cyber security jobs. Age restrictions for flight applicants. Applicants must be older than 18 but not more than 32 years of age at the start of flight training (32 years of age is defined as not having reached your 33rd birthday). Requests for age waivers are considered on a case-by-case basis. USAREC will forward the completed application packet for any applicant requesting an age waiver to the Organization and Personnel Force Development Directorate. Everything included in the packet is considered. 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). To join the enlisted ranks, in general you must: 1  Be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder Non-citizens must speak, read, and write English fluently. 2  Be in good health. 3  Be 17 to 40 years old (different branches have different age requirements). 4  Have a high school diploma (some branches will accept a GED) To join the enlisted ranks, in general you must: 1  Be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder Non-citizens must speak, read, and write English fluently. Non-citizens must currently live in the U.S. 2  Be in good health. 3  Be 17 to 40 years old (different branches have different age requirements). View a chart of age requirements by service. To join the enlisted ranks, in general you must: Be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder Non-citizens must speak, read, and write English fluently. Non-citizens must currently live in the U.S. Be in good health. Be 17 to 40 years old (different branches have different age requirements). Army - 35 (must ship to basic training prior to 35th birthday. The Army experimented with raising the age limit to age 42 for a brief period of time, but effective April 1st, 2011, the Army has reverted to the lower age limit. Air Force - 39. Pentagon chief considers relaxing age restrictions for military enlistment. In a speech at his former high school today, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said the military needs to be more flexible in order to recruit and retain quality people. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters.
Air Force - 39, Navy - 34, Marines 1 - 28, Coast Guard - Age 27.