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This Concurrent Resolution urges the United States Congress to raise the minimum age for military combat service to twenty-one years old, arguing that adolescent brains, particularly the prefrontal cortex responsible for decision-making and impulse control, are still developing until around age twenty-five. The resolution highlights that younger recruits may not be neurologically ready for the high-stakes decisions required in combat and that an increased age would allow for better training and preparation for the realities of warfare, ultimately leading to a more capable and combat-ready military force.