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According to a report she authored for the RAND Corporation, many older recruits scored higher on enlistment qualification tests than recruits who joined before 20.

The older enlistment cap is the latest in the military’s multi-billion-dollar overhaul of recruiting, launched after years of missed recruiting goals.

Col. Angela Chipman, chief military personnel accessions & retention division said the enlistment age increase reflects the need for technical talent, even in the enlisted force. »

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New Mexico jurors sided with state prosecutors who argued that Meta — which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — prioritized profits over safety, and violated parts of the state’s Unfair Practices Act.

Jurors also heard testimony from Meta executives, platform engineers, whistleblowers who left the company, psychiatric experts and tech safety consultants. »

Gorske, 72, also said the Big Arch simply had more meat than he needed at his age, with its two quarter-pound beef patties.

I don’t like [the Big Arch] as much as the Big Mac.”.

McDonald’s has heavily promoted the Big Arch, saying it is the chain’s biggest and boldest ever burger. »

The composition of troops being moved to the Middle East does not suggest a long-term ground invasion is on the cards, but instead points to a rapid operation Stewart said.

“You are looking at a force suited to short-duration, discrete operations and not a sustained ground invasion.

The 2003 invasion of Iraq required some 160,000 troops for a country that is a quarter the size of Iran,” he said. »