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https://www.thebalancecareers.com/things-to-consider-when-choosing-to-join-the-marine-corps-3354338
the Marine Corps is the smallest military service and only needs to enlist about 38,000 new recruits per year,

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-age-of-Marine-Corps-recruits
Most recruits are 18 or 19 you'll see a few in their mid 20’s and maybe 2?4 26//7 year olds.
When I went through in 2012 most of my platoon was 18,19 or 20 though we had 2 that were 27 and 1 that was 17