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The American military has had recruiters since the time of the colonies in the 1700s. Today there are thousands of recruiting stations across the United States, serving the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. Recruiting offices normally consist of 2–8 recruiters between the ranks of E-5 and E-7.
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As a result, each year, there are thousands of applicants, as in 2007 when over 17,349 applied for just 230 posts. [38] [39] In some years, there are over 60,000 applying to join, and from 2010, women were allowed to join for the first time. [38] Candidates must be between 17½ and 21 years of age.
United States Army Center of Military History Archived 1997-06-07 at the Wayback Machine; Centuries of Service: The U.S. Army 1775–2005 – A booklet published by the United States Army Center of Military History; Online Bookshelf of Books and Research Resources Archived 2015-05-06 at the Wayback Machine at the United States Army Center of ...
Vietnam's military service policy change from year to year, but in general there is the commonality that every male citizen aged 17 years or older who meets the health criteria must serve two years for regular military or four years for militia of self-defense.
Navy Enlistment: An Analysis of Military Entrance Processing Stations Medical Failures. Naval Postgraduate School. 1997. Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards. National Academies Press. 27 February 2006. ISBN 978-0-309-16487-0. Budahn, P. J. (30 September 2000).
Another amendment, signed on November 13, 1942, made the registered 18- and 19-year-olds liable for military service. From October 1940 until March 1947, when the wartime Selective Training and Service Act expired after extensions by Congress, over 10,000,000 men were inducted.
This is a table of the number of recruits for the British Army during the First World War, 1914–1918. [1] [2]All recruits were volunteers until January 1916, when men were recruited under the Derby Scheme and as conscripts following the Military Service Act 1916.