The Army just widened the door for would-be soldiers in two big ways. New rules raise the maximum enlistment age from 35 to 42 and scrap the requirement for a special waiver if a recruit has a single conviction for marijuana possession or related paraphernali…

The shift on marijuana reflects changing state laws and an effort to speed up a waiver process that was approving about 95% of cases anyway. A one-time conviction will no longer trigger a two-year wa…