Reply #5: I really have no idea how it is at Recruiting Command lately. [View All]

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But I do know that the "end strength" of the Armed Forces is regulated by Congress. Thus, regardless of how many people are lining up at the recruiting offices to join up, the services have a limited pool of troops to do these missions. Asking for increases in authorized strength is a politically touchy subject, to say the least, because it would constitute an admission on the part of the Bushies that we're in over our heads.

Nonetheless, apart from the usual propaganda from Army Times and such, all I hear is bad news for recruiting and retention. Conservative or no, I doubt many people are signing up for this fight.