READ AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE HAVOK JOURNAL
The Ageless Call to Serve
The following is an excerpt from: Ageless Call to Serve: Rethinking Military Service for a Changing World by Lt. Col. Lanny L. Snodgrass MD, PhD.
If you were to ask random people on the street in the U.S., most would probably tell you that the lower age of 18 and the upper age of 65 are enshrined in some important document. Such is not the case. Although the U.S. military has endlessly studied the minutiae of war, the institution suffers from severe myopia. To my knowledge, there has never been a study about the military’s upper and lower age limits. Indeed, in the past 50 years, no Pentagon general or congressional committee has even considered age or other screening criteria. For whatever reason, the topic is not one that any senior official in the military sees as an urgent mandate that needs attention. What was good enough in 1971 is still good enough in 2024. We live in an era when looking at brain development instead of chronological years to screen candidates is possible. We also have the means to extensively test people before service to exclude or include candidates, regardless of age. Despite those advantages, the U.S. military still relies on rules and regulations established nearly 50 years ago.
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We want to thank Dr. Snodgrass for his service and his time sharing his book with us. You can find his book on Amazon.
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