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  2. List of enlistment age by country - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom – 18 (voluntary; age 16 with parental consent; age 17 for admission to an officer program; Nepalese citizens can join the Brigade of Gurkhas at age 17) United States – 18 (voluntary registration), 18 (voluntary service; age 17 with parental consent), 17 (compulsory militia service under 10 U.S. Code § 246) [3]

  3. Selective Service System - Wikipedia

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    The age limit was later raised in August 1918 to a maximum age of 45. The military draft was discontinued in 1920. 1940 to 1947 ...

  4. Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 - Wikipedia

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    Nominally available for limited military service, but below standards for general military service. May 26, 1945: Nov 27, 1946: I-A (H) Nominally available for military service, age 38 to 44 inclusive. Mar 6, 1943: Oct 5, 1944: I-A (L) Nominally available for limited military service. Jul 15, 1943: Oct 5, 1944: I-A, Remediable

  5. House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men ... - AOL

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    The Selective Service System was first founded in 1917 to feed bodies into America's World War I efforts. It was disbanded in 1920, fired back up in 1940, re-formatted in 1948, and then terminated ...

  6. Officer Candidate School (United States Army) - Wikipedia

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    There are requirements that allow basic qualification for entrance into OCS for the Army Reserve and Army National Guard. The Army Regulation (AR) that governs OCS is AR 350–51. Candidates must have at least 90 credits from an accredited college, approval from the state RTI board, and falling in the age range of 18 to 41 years. [32]

  7. Militia (United States) - Wikipedia

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    ("Sec. 313. Appointments and enlistments: age limitation (a) To be eligible for original enlistment in the National Guard, a person must be at least 17 years of age and under 45, or under 64 years of age and a former member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps.

  8. Conscription in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [56] [57] The military relied upon draft-induced volunteerism to meet its quotas, especially for the Army, which accounted for nearly 95% of all inductees during the Vietnam War era. For example, defense recruiting reports show that 34% of the recruits in 1964, up to 50% in 1970, indicated that they had joined voluntarily in order to avoid ...

  9. List of age restrictions - Wikipedia

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    Age restrictions are laws, rules or recommendations which detail the given age a person must be in order to access something. Age limits often apply to minors , people under the age of majority , or older adults .