Fewer early sign-ups as Army struggles to recruit soldiers

[RamboLiberal]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=3&u=/usatoday/20050727/ts_usatoday/fewerearlysignupsasarmystrugglestorecruitsoldiers

The Army, which expects to miss its 2005 recruiting goal by about 12,000, already is falling behind for next year.

The pool of recruits who sign up as much as a year before they report for training is dwindling. So far, 3,100 have signed up for 2006, according to Army Recruiting Command at Fort Knox, Ky. The Army says it hopes to have 7,200 recruits in the pool by Oct. 1, when the 2006 recruiting year begins. By comparison:

• The Army started the 2005 recruiting year with about 14,700 recruits in the delayed entry pool. It is making up some of the shortfall in recruiting by re-enlisting soldiers at a higher-than-expected rate. But the Army also has tried to trim this year's shortfall by rushing many delayed entry enlistees into basic training.

• In 2004, the Army had more than 33,000 enlistees signed up ahead of time. It met its recruiting goals.

[AndyTiedye]

1. Bundle Up Your Kids, It's Getting Drafty Out There

[Strelnikov_]

2. Bout A Division Short In 05

Wonder how they plan on expanding the military when we cannot maintain what we have now.

[RamboLiberal]

4. Yeah I'd love to have the DLC Dems who want to expand

explain that to me.

[BeHereNow]

8. Well, US numbers are down, but foreign enlistments are UP!

Want to be a US citizen? Sign here_______________.
That's what they are doing you know-
And in their world view, it fits their global
agenda perfectly.
A global army, made up of global citizens
willing to do what ever they are asked
so that they can send money home to
their relatives impoverished by the World Bank...

A global military is needed to maintain
global hegemony you know.

That's why they are not worried about a draft.
AND they are destroying the individuals in our economy, the
very same way they destroyed entire countries.

American debt will provide them with plenty of recruits
when the credit card minimum payments take full effect
and people can't declare bankruptcy.

BHN

[trogdor]

9. What was that, Mr. Lovitz?

LOWER YOUR STANDARDS.

They're taking them older, stupider, and fatter than they were a couple of years ago.

[edbermac]

3. 'Mission Accomplished', so who needs new recruits?

I literally will feel sorry for the Dems if they regain power in the next few years...it'll take DECADES to clean up this huge fucking mess that Bush and Co have created...
:grr:

[RamboLiberal]

5. If the Dems regain power they'll be blamed for the military's problems

Repukes are teflon!

BTW, I think this and the '06 elections are why we are changing the language so we are no longer fighting the "War on Terror" and talking of drastically reducing the number of troops in Iraq by next year.

[etherealtruth]

6. It will take Dem's generations to undo the damage ...

...done by that jackass *

[Straight Shooter]

7. Time to start making deals with prisoners convicted of nonviolent offenses

One year in Iraq = 5 years off your sentence. Whaddaya say, boys and girls?

And I'm sure they won't mind abusing Iraqi insurgent prisoners. x(

[BeHereNow]

10. AND deals with people who can't pay their debt.

That's why foreign enlistments with the
promise of US citizenship are working so well.
Especially in countries where the World Bank
has destroyed entire economies.

When the same thing happens here, plenty
of people in the US will enlist- they will have no
other way to make a living.

BHN