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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. The maximum enlistment age is 35. Those individuals with no prior military service enlisting in the active Army must enter active duty or ship to training prior to their 35th birthday, and if enlisting in the Army Reserve, must access prior to their 35th birthday. The unemployment rate generally (and specifically the youth unemployment rate clearly) identifies the level of competition that the military recruiters face with employers. As the unemployment rates continue to trend toward full employment (5 percent), recruiting the best qualified becomes more difficult. And in some cases, the services relaxed age restrictions, allowing older people to enlist or rejoin the military. But as the wars dragged on and suicides, sexual assaults and other bad behavior by service members spiked, military leaders began to question whether there was a link to the relaxed enlistment standards. Carter talked about some of his ideas during his stop at Abington Senior High outside Philadelphia. In a speech to more than 1,000 students, Carter said the military is going to have to work harder to compete with corporate America for highly-skilled graduates. Army Reserve age limit raised to 52. The upper age limit for some soldiers to join the Army Reserve has been been increased by nine years to 52. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the age limit for individuals with specific qualifications or experience has been raised from 45 to 50, while the maximum age for ex-regular soldiers joining was increased earlier this year from 43 to 52. Published: 05:12 EST, 14 November 2014 | Updated: 05:12 EST, 14 November 2014. 22 shares. The upper age limit for some soldiers to join the Army Reserve has been been increased by nine years to 52. 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. QMA - Qualified Military Available. QMA is the total 17- to 24-year-old youth population (28.8M), not including institutionalized and those in military service, minus unauthorized immigrants and minus non-HSDG (High School Diploma Graduate) not enrolled in high school or an equivalency program. To be eligible for enlistment in the Army or Army Reserve, an individual must be an American citizen or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence [10 United States Code, Section 3253(c), 8253(c)].
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