Is 35 to old to join the ARMY?

no

Well. If you want to you can try but I think there are age restrictions. Purely because once you reach a certain age your not a spring chicken anymore, if you know what I mean. You may well pass the training and be fit and healthy enough, how do I know. BUT the army may but age restrictions for reasons like that.

Get in touch and ask. If you want to and its your dream then go for it!!

You can, but there’s some things you need to consider…

Your wife did not marry a military man. Will she be able to cope with the sudden change in the relationship - especially the part with you being gone for months on end? Do you think it’s fair to put her through all this now, keeping in mind that she may not have chosen to marry you if you were in the army. This is something that you really need to discuss with her.

There’s also your children to think about. Are they going to be able to understand why all of a sudden, daddy’s not around anymore?

What about yourself? Joining the military may be a noble decision, but how will you deal with the change in your life? What will you do when you start missing your wife and kids and possibly regretting your decision?

You can join the army at any age as long as they check you out and give you a clean bill of health at your first physical.

However, if you have a wife and children you need to think about what you are doing. You will be sent away to basic training away from your family for months with no way to see them and talk to them very sparingly.

Also you will get stationed somewhere after you are done with basic training and it could be anywhere from New York, to Kentucky, to Texas, to Hawaii, to Germany. You will have to uproot your whole family and move them with you. It is a big commitment.

And of course after you get re stationed you have deployments to worry about where you will be gone again for months and months with very limited contact to your family. Also you can always get re stationed for another deployment and end up having to move your whole family to a new base after just a few years.

Its a huge toll on you and your family mostly because of the distance so really talk about it as a family and make your decision that way.