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Army age cap is increased to 39
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Posted on Jan 17 2006
More people from the CNMI are expected to join the U.S. Army active duty because the maximum age of 34 has now been increased to 39, according to a U.S. Army recruiter.
“It [joining the Army] has great benefits. It’s open now up to age 39. We have job security. We have 212 jobs to choose from in the U.S. Army, $20,000 bonus, up to $65,000 student loan program, retirement and many other benefits,” said Sgt. Joseph S. Salas of the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Guam.
Salas told the Saipan Tribune yesterday that the new age requirement has been implemented nationwide since the beginning of January.
“The reason is that they found out that the retirement age is good. In the past the retirement age was the issue. But now they just went ahead and got up to the age of 39,” he said.
In Guam, Salas said, they just recently got that information and that they are implementing it now.
He said he is back again on Saipan for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, an actual written test that the applicants have to take to enter the Army.
Salas explained that in order for the applicants to enlist in the Army, they must take such test, which is administered at the U.S. Army Reserve on Saipan once a month.
The test, he said, will be on Jan. 21 at 7:30am and at 1:30pm.
In Guam, the test is done frequently, he said.
With the raising of the age requirement, Salas said a lot of people in Guam have become interested. In the past, it was only the Army Reserve that accepted those between the ages of 17 to 39.
