What are the chances that a 38yr old man would be sent to Iraq at such age?

Mickey Mouse Spears

They just did a segment on TV about how some recruiters will say anything to meet their quota. They can send him wherever they want, and even if it's not in their policy to send a 38 year old, they can change the policy at anytime. This was all stuff they talked about on the news program I watched. So yes, he can go to Iraq. That's a definite possibility if not a likelihood since they're increasing troop levels and having a hard time recruiting.

browneyedonna

you are right now too.my cousin is there and is 39, there are men there much older than your brother

iraqisax

I was 58 when they sent me! I was the oldest man in my unit that went.

Jessica

Army enlisting age has been moved up to 42.

Mindchser

If he inlists he has a very good chance of being sent to Iraq. You can't believe everything recruiters tell you either. Unless you get it in writing and have someone with knowledge in contract reading, you shouldn't sign anything.

Also, there is an age limit in joining the military and I'm thinking 38 is over the limit.

NONAME

Chances are damn good he would go to Iraq. Ive been in the military. Recruiters will tell you ANYTHING to get you to join. ANYTHING. You sign a contract when you enlist. In that contract it basically states that the government has the right to do with you and send you where they please....to break their half of the contract at anytime they wish.
Other than that if he really wants to enlist dont stop him.

Think Dodger Blue

He's too old

Booger

yeah right now they are sending anyone and everyone. don't believe it for a second.

lilboricualoca

Ok yea you shouldn't believe that because the chances are very good they take people who are in their early 40s...there are no gaurenties in the Army (trust me I know...army brat)...what he does depends on the testing scores as well.

La-te-da

To be a recruiter you have to be at least an E-4. Another thing is that recruiting is a B MOS it is NOT a job you start off with. To be a career recruiter you have to be at least an E-5.

By federal law (10 U.S.C., 510), the minimum age for enlistment in the United States Military is 17 (with parental consent) and the maximum age is 42. However, DOD policy allows the individual services to specify the maximum age of enlistment based upon their own unique requirements. The individual services have set the following maximum ages for non-prior service enlistment:

Active Army - 42
Army Reserves - 42
Active Air Force - 27
Air Force Reserve - 34
Active Navy - 34
Naval Reserves - 39
Active Marines - 28
Marine Corps Reserve - 29
Active and Reserve Coast Guard - 27

SexyArmyWife

The recruiter will tell you anything!! my husband was told when he enlisted almost 8yrs ago that he would not be deployed. well he has been to iraq 3 times and deployed to numerous areas around the world for months at a time!

don't do it. if he wants to be patriotic, go and help the VFW, OR AMVETS, they need support and people to do things for them! please, my husband shouldn't be there, i can't imagine anyone elses pain over a loved one over there.

Chance20_m

They so lied to him. I don't know about the other services, but in the army you can't even enlist directly into recruiting, you need to make at least corporal first.

not given

I know of someone who is 46 who was sent to Iraq, so it does happen. If you join, there's always that possibility.

Da Bigg Q

A 38 year old man in the military has exactly the same chance of being deployed as his 28 year old counterpart. If he wants to completely avoid fighting, I would suggest a computer based job.

Denny O

Me either my nephew went to iraq he carried a gun with him where ever he went it was either kill or be killed, he is back in the US now thank God, He also said it was not a good time for anyone to enlist right now.He is 27

Top B

You need to talk to your brother because none of this makes sense.

1. He cannot enlist into the military after age 34.

2. Full time Recruiting jobs only exist after a full (near full) enlistment.

3. Going to Iraq has nothing to do with age. I'm leaving for there in February and I'm over 39 years old.

John B

LOL oh recruiters.... If he is enlisting for the first time and entering as an E-4 or below, he is not going straight to recruiting UNLESS he gets it in writing from the recruiter. Even then read ALL the fine print before signing. I have had friends in the past told by recruiters they could and would be Navy SEALS after signing up, but there are many steps they had to go through AFTER they enlisted, to even try out for SEALS. Recruiters are generally military people having served already, and usually SGT or SSGT rank, plus I believe it is a special duty billet, not a standard mos.

There are service members in Iraq over the age of 38, age is not a cut off for that. Just tell your brother to be carefull about what the recruiter says, and is willing to put in writing (read carefully).

little mama

He could still enlist in the army....and be deployed. Also to be a recruiter you have to meet certain requirements and they don't just let you go straight to that. Besides should he really want to be a recruiter during war time without having a deployment under his belt? That's like being a car salesman that can't drive.

Marco R

If your brother were able to enlist, and his unit were to deploy he would be there right along side them regardless of his age. In my own infantry company we had at least two soldiers that were in their mid 40's who deployed with us to Iraq. The only recruitment program that I know of for new enlistees is "Home town recruiting" in which new recruits assist their hometown recruiter shortly after finishing basic training/ AIT for a few week before heading to their first duty station. They don't go through recruiter school, or become an actual recruiter in any way. The next time a soldier can become an actual recruiter is in another program but the soldier has to be a senior Specialist/ Corporal in rank ( one-two year duty I believe, and they do go through the Army recruiter school). Other than that a Sergeant/ E-5 or above can volunteer or is selected by the Army for recruiter duty (completing the recruiter school is required/ Recruiter badge is awarded) . But a brand new soldier going straight to recruiting school/ duty... Not gonna happen...

trigunmarksman

Chances are pretty Damn good. Army will send your brother where they need him, just because you sign up for a position does not mean you stay in that position. My parents had a decade on your brother and they were both deployed to two seperate combat zones at the same time. Father 48 was deployed to Afghanistan and my Mother 44 was sent to Iraq.

Wizard of Oz

HEY EVERYBODY! READ THE QUESTION! THIS GUY IS NOT EVEN IN THE SERVICE YET!!!!!!

You are just too old....28 is the cut off for the Air Force...unless you want to be RESERVES>like I was!
UNLESS
you were previously in the military, and then, it would depend.
Rank: Status: M.O.S.:
Just how, I don't know, because I don't run the military.

Jenise

War is a young man or woman's fight.
My dad was 46 when he went over to Iraq for the first time, but all he had was a desk job due to his (Colonel) and age. If he is just enlisting now, they might actually just keep him at a recruiting position because it takes years to build up rank and he'd start out low. But, you never know what can actually happen.

nukem_thebomb

I'm airforce, i don't think you can enlist at that age.. i think it's like 34 ish max????

Dave

your chances are great, there are guardsman and reserves over there in their 40s, 42 is the cut off date to inlist

johnjohn_9_21_03

ok if he is only going in to be a recruiter, then the only thing that will happen is he will be sent to basic and ait then to somewhere in.. utah? i think..but im not too sure about that last paRT..
IF HE ENLISTS AS A RECRUITER AND THEY SEND HIM OFF TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, THATS BREACH OF CONTRACT AND HES OUT OF THR MILITARY.
they have no use for a recruiter overseas, then who will they recruit

*~*~*AMBER A*~*~*~*~*~

THEYLL SEND NE1 THTS WANTS TO GO!

cubcowboysgirl

Good call-I know a guy in the reserves who got called and he is fifty two.

There have been 3,264 coalition deaths -- 3,013 Americans, two Australians, 128 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, six Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 32 Italians, one Kazakh, three Latvian, 18 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of January 9, 2007, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties). The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 22,714 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/index.html

The average age of the soldiers who died in Vietnam was 19. It's a sobering statistic -- you can't help but think about all those young lives cut short.

Thanks to the end of the draft, the story is quite different -- but just as sad -- in Iraq. After 2000 deaths (and 15,000 wounded), I added up all their individual ages to find out what the average was. It's 30. (Go here for the CNN rundown, which includes photos and -- for those who still believe the myth of an undercount -- a description of where they died, usually in Iraq, but sometimes in another country or back in the US. It's heartrending)

http://homepage.mac.com/gcatalone/iblog/B946297652/C1205016862/E20051030011855/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0401/chart.iraq.fatalities/frameset.exclude.html

bOnNiE

umm he would be at the bottom of the list so he would still be a lil troop basically... kinda wierd though that at 38 he would JUST join... i wouldent join at that age ... my boyfriend just turned 29 and he is a tech sarge.... so it would e wierd is he was in charge of him and he would be 10 years older . but if he wants to do it DO IT

andertwinsen

i know a guy who reenlisted at age 37, after 911 and he is not just a recruiter...

Proud to be an AMERICAN

Lower, but it's still possible.

Ammie

Anyone that enlists is at the demand of their officers. If he enlists, and makes it through boot camp, then he can be charged to go anywhere the military wants him to. And recruiters are more likely to stretch the truth to make a person more inclined to join.

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