HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Army National Guard, which recently increased its age limit in an effort to reverse a decline in recruitment, is now opening its doors to less educated people.
Under a policy approved this week, the guard will accept recruits with at least a ninth-grade education, as long as they get a satisfactory score on a vocational aptitude test and obtain a General Education Development diploma within three years of signing up, said spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Milord at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va.
National Guard Relaxes Recruiting Standards
Let's get this straight. The policy of allowing 34-39 year olds was doing such a bang up job, that now we are forced to go to 9th grade drop-outs who will have to solemnly swear to get a GED after 3 years(Iraqi combat tours) or they will have to leave the guard?
What is next? I propose that the Guard start accepting the morbidly obese, just as they promise to write a book report on Oprah's diet plan within two years of service. But wait! There's more. How about we lower the age to 2. They can join, as long as their parents sign a nap time waiver standard release form.
Close the windows folks, it's beginning to get a wee bit drafty around these parts.