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POLL: Should the U.S. Military enlistment age be raised?

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Defense.gov_News_Photo_100526-N-0696M-220_-_U.S._Air_Force_Academy_cadets_listen_as_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Adm._Mike_Mullen_U.S._Navy_addresses_the_school_s_graduates_during-427x284A Spokane minister is arguing that the the U.S. Military enlistment age should be raised to 25.

The Rev. Todd Eklof, of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, says scientific evidence in human biology, developmental psychology, and brain science shows it takes until at least age 25 for a brain to fully develop and plans to launch a campaign, called “Babes in Arms,” urging for change, according to article released on SpokaneFAVS.

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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Ghani, Tom Schmidt
Ghani, Tom Schmidt
10 years ago

Makes sense to me. Of course, younger fighters will be more likely to kill on command.

Fenton
Fenton
10 years ago

The younger they are the more impressionable, they will follow orders without hesitation because they will not pause to think that maybe it doesn’t line up with their own beliefs and values.

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