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Originally Posted by Geenie
who do you think should sign up for 18x?
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Well I just wanted to add from my experience that some of the best 18x guys that made it on teams were guys that were a little older and had some other life experiences other than just graduating from high school. They had either a college education, or worked in various fields of employment that even though they were not military related, they still brought something helpful and or useful to the team.
Maybe another reason for the age minimum would be to get some of the 17-18 year olds coming into the Army to at least get some basic soldiering and Army experience under their belt so you don't run into the situations that I've seen where you have young 21 year old 18xs who get promoted to E-6, but do not know basic soldiering things that an E-6 in the Army should know.