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I have been looking at joining the reserves, but I'm worried that I'm too old, now 37. I'm most interested in the USAF or the Coast Guard. Can I still get in?
thanks
Hi Aaron,
Assuming you have no prior military service, you're too old for the Air Force and Coast Guard Reserves.
Their maximum age for the Air Force Reserves is 34, and for the Coast Guard Reserves is 27.
However, the maximum non-prior service enlistment age for the active duty Army and Army reserves is 39. The maximum enlistment age for the Naval Reserves is also 39.
For details, see 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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