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Originally Posted by IanMan
Lol. Not for the medical field. I'm also 32. I've had 60 something year old direct commission officers get attached to me. Also, just to clarify, I'd only go back in the reserves.
I keep close tabs on how things are going, lol.
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There are all kinds of waivers for critical fields. I believe the law states for routine commissions that you must be able to complete 20 years of commissioned service prior to your 55th birthday. Obviously this means you need to put on your butter bars before your 35th. A lot of accession programs want you to be commissioned even younger. I had to be commissioned prior to my 31st birthday for OCS (I was 30 years 4 months). But even with OCS you could request a waiver and typically got it especially if you were prior enlisted. But as you implied, medical field or attorneys etc can get a pass.