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I guess they probably do now because like 90% of high school grads have or did something that makes them ineligible to join and if they want more recruits they need to get students to not do things that make them ineligible and that might mean reaching out more than six months before they’re old enough to join.
90% would be ineligible? how come?
The largest reasons are lack of physical fitness or criminal convictions
https://youtu.be/uO8qJukZJg4?si=Hg02Ln0rD-M2ILqD&t=537
Also recruiters can’t or don’t want to recruit teens on ADHD or mood meds. If you can’t be an effective fighter without medicine they don’t want to find that out in the middle of a fight.
They did when I was in school and that was like 25 years ago
That may be easier said than done when so many young people are too overweight to serve and/or have too many mental health issues to safely serve. On top of that, the youth knows just how dogshit serving the US is and won't go near recruiters.