Navyfag hear. One time recruiter also. Exceptions can be made for age limits, but requires a waiver to be signed off by some very high military officials. Generally speaking, unless the guy or gal has some badly needed skills the military is desperate for (or they have friends in the right places) their age waiver won't be accepted.
So the question we need to ask is, was this a friends in high places action? Or does Reince have some mad skillset the Navy desperately needs?
My thought: could this be a means to get him on the upcoming tribunals? How much does he know?