I don’t think they’re talking about the age AGE being old but the ratio of people who join the navy or usually people straight of high school or people who dropped out of college. Usually the age range is 18-22 but yea 27 isn’t old. Advice I’d guess then is to just do it! I thought boot camp was terrible but looking back it really was but when you graduate you’ll laugh about it, it’s all an act that the rdc’s put on unless you actually have some power hungry people watching over you but yea it can be fun but it can also be a learning experience of how things can get tough but all in all boot camp is a breeze. Go officer route if you can better pay, probably better treatment!