Change the age of prior military enlistment to 49 or higher based on job skills and current DOD needs.

Our military has been weakened through loss of quality personnel over the years and the branches inability to recruit individuals with existing skills applicable to cyber, telecom and economic warfare. While some skills can be taught others must be learned from experience. Our country can not afford to learn from its mistakes anymore. I propose that veterans with need skill sets be allowed to return to active duty even if over the age of 39. I further propose that veterans currently participating in VA vocational rehabilitation program who are learning needed skill sets such as cyber warfare, software development and linguistic social engineering be allowed to reenter the service. This would reduce DOD training costs in these fields and bolster the armed forces with proven personnel.