age for the military
1 Bolivia - 17 (voluntary; volunteers can start military training at age 15, exempting them from compulsory service), 18 (compulsory; conscription is only used when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal)  Bosnia and Herzegovina - 18 (voluntary) The age of consent for members of the military is 16 years of age. This means that a member of the military who has sex with a person under the age of 16 is committing a crime. Punishment By Death. Depending on whether the sex is consensual or not, the crime can be punishable by death. List of enlistment age by country. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Enlistment age by country) These are the enlistment ages for Military service by country, according to the online CIA publication The World Factbook. At age 66, Broun still serves as a doctor in the Navy Reserve. In an interview with Army Times, he called the enlistment age cap “an arbitrary policy.”. “There are people who want to serve and are physically fit,” he said. “There are some 20-year-olds who cannot run a mile.”. Overall the average age of a. veteran is 58 years old, with the largest group of veterans between the ages of 45 and 64. Most. veterans are currently employed, have a combined family income of more than $50,000, and have. completed high school. 1 Canada - 18 (voluntary; 16-year-olds can join the Reserves or enter the Military Colleges; volunteers can join the regular forces at age 17 with parental consent) 2  Central African Republic - 18 (compulsory)  Chad - 18 (voluntary), 20 (compulsory - men), 21 (compulsory - women) Age was then calculated from this. information. The average age of all veterans was 58 years. More specifically, 21.1 percent of the. veteran population was under the age of 45, 41.2 percent were between the ages of 45 and 64, and. 37.1 percent of the population was 65 years or older. These findings reflect the continuing trend. of the aging veteran population. In general, the Defense Department restricts enlistment to those 35 and younger. Prior enlisted service members can subtract their previous years of service from their age in order to extend eligibility. For example, the current age cutoff in the Air Force is 27. This means that a 31-year-old veteran with four years of prior service experience would still be eligible to reenlist. Last month, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun Jr. (R-GA), tried to push through legislation that would allow people of any age to join the military as long as they could meet the minimum health and fitness requirements. The House voted 256-164 against the military age restrictions measure. For members of the United States military, conduct is governed by the military’s own law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). For military members, the crime of rape can be (and has been) punished by death. The age of consent for members of the military is 16 years of age. This means that a member of the military who has sex with a person under the age of 16 is committing a crime. Depending on whether the sex is consensual or not, the crime can be punishable by death.
In Bolivia volunteers can start training at the age of 15.