The Few. The Proud. Oh, wait - those are the Marines.
What do you do when you're the army of the most powerful nation in the world, last year you missed your recruitment projections by the widest margin in nearly 30 years, you're still fighting (losing?) two wars, flirting with one or two more, and you need to increase your ranks but it is an election year for those who vote on your budget and you dare not mention 'draft'?
You lower your standards.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army recruited more than 2,600 soldiers under new lower aptitude standards this year, helping the service beat its goal of 80,000 recruits *
and
About 17 percent of the first-time recruits, or about 13,600, were accepted under waivers for various medical, moral or criminal problems, including misdemeanor arrests or drunk driving. That is a slight increase from last year, the Army said.
Because:
"The absolute key for the Army is a high-school diploma," Goure said.
The Army said all the recruits with low scores had received high school diplomas. In a written statement, the Army said good test scores do not necessarily equate to quality soldiers. Test-taking ability, the Army said, does not measure loyalty, duty, honor, integrity or courage.
Let me see if I have this right. We're talking about the honor, integrity and sense of duty of idiots, the feeble, criminals, and those (apparently) lacking morals?
Just whatever you do, don't let in The Gays.
Are they even trying to win anymore, or are they just saying the are? Do they think they're Obie Wan Kenobe and we're the Storm Troopers and if they tell us these aren't the droids we're looking for, their magic mind mojo will overcome our reason?
I'm honestly starting to wonder if GW has decidinated that if he can't be president anymore, there isn't going to be an America.
I think this is my favorite part:
Army Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Cucolo said that adding more recruiters enabled the Army to identify more recruits. "We got the right people in the field in the right places in the right numbers," said Cucolo, the chief spokesman for the Army.
Outside Juvie?
*all italicized text from AP Writer Lolita C. Baldor, Oct 10, 2:44 AM EDT
Lower Standards Help Army Recruit More
You lower your standards.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army recruited more than 2,600 soldiers under new lower aptitude standards this year, helping the service beat its goal of 80,000 recruits *
and
About 17 percent of the first-time recruits, or about 13,600, were accepted under waivers for various medical, moral or criminal problems, including misdemeanor arrests or drunk driving. That is a slight increase from last year, the Army said.
Because:
"The absolute key for the Army is a high-school diploma," Goure said.
The Army said all the recruits with low scores had received high school diplomas. In a written statement, the Army said good test scores do not necessarily equate to quality soldiers. Test-taking ability, the Army said, does not measure loyalty, duty, honor, integrity or courage.
Let me see if I have this right. We're talking about the honor, integrity and sense of duty of idiots, the feeble, criminals, and those (apparently) lacking morals?
Just whatever you do, don't let in The Gays.
Are they even trying to win anymore, or are they just saying the are? Do they think they're Obie Wan Kenobe and we're the Storm Troopers and if they tell us these aren't the droids we're looking for, their magic mind mojo will overcome our reason?
I'm honestly starting to wonder if GW has decidinated that if he can't be president anymore, there isn't going to be an America.
I think this is my favorite part:
Army Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Cucolo said that adding more recruiters enabled the Army to identify more recruits. "We got the right people in the field in the right places in the right numbers," said Cucolo, the chief spokesman for the Army.
Outside Juvie?
*all italicized text from AP Writer Lolita C. Baldor, Oct 10, 2:44 AM EDT
Lower Standards Help Army Recruit More
posted by Serrephim at 12:19 AM
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i don't understand the point of this post. is the author saying he or she is better than anyone in our military?
About 17 percent of the first-time recruits, or about 13,600, were accepted under waivers for various medical, moral or criminal problems, including misdemeanor arrests or drunk driving.
And the scariest part is, this is after Abu Ghraib and indictments for the rape and murder of innocent Iraqis. So now we want people with actual criminal histories fighting on our behalf?
anon at 5:52 PM:
no, I was saying I find it laughable that the way they shore up their ranks is by lowering the standard to any body they can get on the field rather than giving people who met the previous standard incentive to join. Or gay people who actually *want* to serve.
I'm sure there are plenty of intelligent people in the army. Clearly now, there are also going to be a lot of stupid people (and criminals).
Frankly, I'm quite happy for drunk drivers to be sent to Iraq. When they are trembling in fear of roadside bombs, perhaps they can reflect on how they were the equivalent of roadside bombs when they were driving drunk.
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