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I would like to re-enter the navy reserves.I'm prior service,and I'm in my forties and healthy,and in pretty good shape.Are there any programs for older prior service members?I would rejoin in a heart beat.I don't smoke,drank or do drugs ever.Would the Navy except me back?
Hi Sarah,
You may wish to see my article about prior service enlistments at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/priorservice.htm In addition to the information in the article, I'll add that it's much easier to join the Reserves as prior service, than the active duty services.
As for age, the maximum age for Navy Reserve non-prior service Enlistment is 39 (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/enlage.htm).
Because you are prior service, from that you can add your previous years of service. For example, if you spent six years in the Navy Reserves, you can re-join up to the age of 45.
For more information about the US Military, feel free to visit my US Military website at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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