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I am a 44y.o. that served 8+ years in the US Navy. I was honorably discharged in July 1989. Is their ANY possibility I can reenlist is any branch of the armed forces? I am in good health and within the ht/wt standards.Navy is my preference but will consider all. Also I do now have a Associte of Science degree.
Hi Larry,
For prior service enlistments, the general rules (when it comes to age) is that you take your total active duty service time, and you subract it from your current age. In other words, if you are currently 44 years old, and have 8 years of total active duty service time, your equivelant enlistment age is 36.
Unfortunately, that makes you too old to join any of the active duty services, with the exception of the Army, Army Reserves, or the Naval Reserves. Details in my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/enlstandards.htm
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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