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Bar is that low, huh? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Fun fact: the United States hasn't signed the international agreement banning child soldiers because the military allows 17-year-olds to enlist (although they don't actually start their service until they're 18).

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    I turned 18 in basic training. You can ship to basic while you're 17. And then go to a unit. You are not deployable to a contingency zone (the widest definition of "place you could be injured by enemy fire") until you're 18.

    Later on we got a private who actually made it all the way to the unit and had to wait until his 18th birthday to join us on deployment.

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