Why we should lower the age for recruitment to 16

I concur with you, my friend SSG(P) (Join to see) it is ludicrous that the age of military recruitment would be reduced to age 16 when most teenagers would be in 10th or 11th grade.
I certainly to not concur with the author of the article you linked to Shane McCarthy or Vice Adm. Robert Burke, chief of naval personnel.

Image: Eighty-one recruits with the 61st Annual Recruit Cardinal Division recite the oath of enlistment at Busch Stadium during a pre-game ceremony, June 6, 2019, in St. Louis. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Williamson/Navy)

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Greg Henning LTC Jeff Shearer Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan CPT Scott Sharon CWO3 Dennis M. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG William Jones SGT (Join to see) SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski PO1 H Gene Lawrence PO2 Kevin Parker PO3 Bob McCord

At that age they bitch about doing chores but are mature enough to drive.

This is the same reason you don't want to move the voting age to 16.