18X Enlistment Option Qualifications

[Austin J Rogers]

My name is Austin Rogers. I am a Junior at Olympia High School at Stanford, IL. I am turning 17 in 5 days. I will be enlisting in the Army around May of June this year. I have done a lot of research on this topic and I still have been reading different things. My recruiter personally told me that I can not join the Special Forces until I am 21 years of age. But according to my online research, under this contract you can join right after Basic and AIT, which would put me at almost 19 years old. My question is how old do you how to be to obtain this contract and what other qualifications are there besides the physical standpoint and mental standpoint (GT score and overall ASVAB score)? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Please and thank you,

Austin Rogers