"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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......so Air Force recruiters here (Rochester) told him he couldn't
join. He ended up having his congressman investigate, and found there
was
no
such exclusion for the job the kid was hoping for.

So what you had was a couple of recruiters who didn't know their stuff in
detail, which was an unfortunate occurrence for your friend's nephew.
Your
earlier post made it sound as if such things were established general
policy
among all the military services. That's not at all the same thing.



Of course it's not a written policy. But, it's a major source of fodder for
comedians, movie makers and quite a few former soldiers who know that the
military mentality is often centered around nonsensical layers of red tape
and inefficiency.