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On the recordDecember 12, 2023
Mr. Davis. Beyond raising the enlistment age, has the Air Force considered lowering eligibility standards to accept overweight enlistees and then training them to meet the old standard once they enlist?
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Jack Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis questions the Air Force's recruitment strategies amid declining enlistment.

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