If we don't bring back the draft, we should at least raise the age requirement for enlistment to 21 or 22. The brain doesn't stop developing until around 25, and the younger you send kids off to war, the more likely they are to have severe PTSD outcomes, especially if they are recycled. Make the recruiters go after older kids instead of …
If we don't bring back the draft, we should at least raise the age requirement for enlistment to 21 or 22. The brain doesn't stop developing until around 25, and the younger you send kids off to war, the more likely they are to have severe PTSD outcomes, especially if they are recycled. Make the recruiters go after older kids instead of younger high school kids and 1st or 2nd year college students. Even if we went to a draft system I would support raising the draft age to 21 or 22. We shouldn't be sending teenagers off to kill people if we don't even think they're mature enough to drink a beer.
If we don't bring back the draft, we should at least raise the age requirement for enlistment to 21 or 22. The brain doesn't stop developing until around 25, and the younger you send kids off to war, the more likely they are to have severe PTSD outcomes, especially if they are recycled. Make the recruiters go after older kids instead of younger high school kids and 1st or 2nd year college students. Even if we went to a draft system I would support raising the draft age to 21 or 22. We shouldn't be sending teenagers off to kill people if we don't even think they're mature enough to drink a beer.