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Peter1469
05-15-2014, 11:00 AM
Recruiting way down, on purpose (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/13/uncle-sam-doesnt-want-you-military-now-turns-down-/)

The Army and Navy are now turning down 80% of its applications.


“We’re turning down twice as many as before,” he told the paper, which reported that four of every five adults who seek to join the military in 2014 do not make the cut.


The U.S. Armyhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/13/uncle-sam-doesnt-want-you-military-now-turns-down-/#) hopes to hit 57,000 recruits for active duty this year. It’s on pace to do just that, even while applying a stricter set of standards as it pertains to physical fitness, appearance (i.e., tattoos), intelligence test results and an applicant’s criminal history.
The Navyhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/13/uncle-sam-doesnt-want-you-military-now-turns-down-/#) is no different.


“It’s not that we have a zero defect mentality, because we don’t,” Nathan Christensen, a Navy officer in public affairs for the Defense Department, told the Kansas City Star. “But it is true that the quality of military recruits right now is the highest it’s been in 40 years.”


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Cthulhu
05-15-2014, 11:08 AM
Unemployed college grads looking for work in the last place they want to - the military.

Military gets to be picky when economy is down, when it is up they get desperate. Supply and demand.

Matty
05-15-2014, 11:38 AM
Haven't they experienced sequestration! Another of obama's brilliant ideas!

Mr. Mensch
05-15-2014, 11:42 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4xwK13lGk

No more fat guys with anger issues apparently.

Peter1469
05-15-2014, 11:53 AM
Haven't they experienced sequestration! Another of obama's brilliant ideas!

It was Congress' idea because they couldn't come up with a budget in 5 years.

Matty
05-15-2014, 12:01 PM
It was Congress' idea because they couldn't come up with a budget in 5 years.


IIRC. Obama suggested it then congress adopted it.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/03/03/white-house-admits-third-time-president-obama-fibbed-on-sequester/

Cthulhu
05-15-2014, 12:54 PM
Another potential reason is perhaps they don't want to train more people for combat, because combat expertise doesn't just go away when you're discharged. It doesn't take too long for a soldier to figure out he is disposable and that authority doesn't really care about him. And a disgruntled veteran with combat/weapons training is just another obstacle.

Why on earth would they want more disgruntled veterans to potentially deal with?

Mr. Mensch
05-15-2014, 12:56 PM
Another potential reason is perhaps they don't want to train more people for combat, because combat expertise doesn't just go away when you're discharged. It doesn't take too long for a soldier to figure out he is disposable and that authority doesn't really care about him. And a disgruntled veteran with combat/weapons training is just another obstacle.

Why on earth would they want more disgruntled veterans to potentially deal with?

With the change in military policy, there will women potentially serving in combat. I doubt they want to have to deal with someone who has been trained to kill AND who is female AND is pissed off!

Cthulhu
05-15-2014, 01:00 PM
With the change in military policy, there will women potentially serving in combat. I doubt they want to have to deal with someone who has been trained to kill AND who is female AND is pissed off!

Sorry, female combatants are not something I worry about. They might be okay with a rifle, but there is more to the military than shooting. Most females are simply not cut out for it.


*eye roll*

Mr. Mensch
05-15-2014, 01:02 PM
Sorry, female combatants are not something I worry about. They might be okay with a rifle, but there is more to the military than shooting. Most females are simply not cut out for it.


*eye roll*

I dunno. Let's ask Jay Z what he thinks.