Reply #3: Tell your boss that a retired Navy officer says he's wrong [View All]

[MADem]

Better yet, send him these links, or print these out for him. He's in SERIOUS need of an eye-opener, even more so if he is a Democrat:

http://www.slate.com/id/2133908/
GI Schmo
How low can Army recruiters go?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1499164,00.html
US lowers standards in army numbers crisis
The US military has stopped battalion commanders from dismissing new recruits for drug abuse, alcohol, poor fitness and pregnancy in an attempt to halt the rising attrition rate in an army under growing strain as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,116439,00.html
Lower Standards Help Army Recruit
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 in the throes of an unpopular war and mounting casualties.

The recruiting mark comes a year after the Army missed its recruitment target by the widest margin since 1979, which had triggered a boost in the number of recruiters, increased bonuses, and changes in standards.

The Army recruited 80,635 Soldiers, roughly 7,000 more than last year. Of those, about 70,000 were first-time recruits who had never served before.

According to statistics obtained by The Associated Press, 3.8 percent of the first-time recruits scored below certain aptitude levels. In previous years, the Army had allowed only 2 percent of its recruits to have low aptitude scores. That limit was increased last year to 4 percent, the maximum allowed by the Defense Department.
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Whaddaya wanna bet that as time goes on, Snowjob and Bushco are gonna regret opening up that can of worms????????


And ON EDIT: NAVY and AIR FORCE haven't lowered their standards, in fact, those services have had to SHRINK in size to shift the end strength to USA/USMC assets. Thus, these Services' standards have actually gone UP, as they had to cull their ranks. They did offer USAF/USN people the opportunity to go "BLUE TO GREEN" (transfer to the Army) if they weren't "good enough" to stay on.