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Panky · 03-22-2003, 02:35 PM

Minimum age is 17 with parental consent. We can't vote until we are 18, though. Before 1986, each state could make it's own legal drinking age. A lot of states were set at 17. In 1986, US Federal law was passed to raise the age to 21 for all states thinking it would cut down on alcohol related teenage deaths. Now there is lobbying to try and drop the legal drinking age down to 18 in some states.

They never bothered to raise the enlistment age. There really is no reason to. At 18, you are considered an adult in the eyes of the states.

We aren't forced to join. Guaranteed the military entices with college funds, jobs after service, and the likes, but it's still our own choice to join or not.

Panky

03-22-2003, 02:35 PM	#2
Panky Panky is the Queen of Mean Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Montréal Posts: 4,780 xBucks: 46,673	Minimum age is 17 with parental consent. We can't vote until we are 18, though. Before 1986, each state could make it's own legal drinking age. A lot of states were set at 17. In 1986, US Federal law was passed to raise the age to 21 for all states thinking it would cut down on alcohol related teenage deaths. Now there is lobbying to try and drop the legal drinking age down to 18 in some states. They never bothered to raise the enlistment age. There really is no reason to. At 18, you are considered an adult in the eyes of the states. We aren't forced to join. Guaranteed the military entices with college funds, jobs after service, and the likes, but it's still our own choice to join or not. Panky