Army Exceeds Recruitment Goal For August by 528

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Washington Post

The Army surpassed its active-duty recruiting goal for August by more than 5 percent, using higher enlistment bonuses and additional recruiters to turn around an early summer slump that threatened the service's fiscal year goal of 80,000 by the end of September.

Army data obtained by The Washington Post show that the Army recruited 10,128 new troops in August, 528 more than the monthly goal of 9,600. Last month's recruiting total -- aided by a new $20,000 "quick ship" bonus that spurs people to leave for basic training within 30 days -- was the largest monthly total this fiscal year. The Army will now need to recruit about 8,000 people this month to meet its goal for the year.

Army officials declined to discuss the August numbers, pending an official Defense Department announcement that normally comes on the 10th of the month. Maj. Gen. Thomas Bostick, head of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, told reporters at the Pentagon yesterday that he could not reveal the August total, saying only: "We had a very good month of August."

It was good for the Army in part, Bostick said, because of the success of the quick-ship bonus, which has been available to almost all new recruits since July 25 and may have encouraged people who were "on the fence" about joining the Army to enlist in recent weeks. He said it is possible that the Army will extend the bonus.



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Army of the bribed!

[uppityperson]

1. Chocolate rations were increased! Again! Up to 15 grams from 13 last month!

(last yr was 30, but shhhhhh)

[rwheeler31]

2. The scammed generation.

How stupid are these kids?

[YOY]

3. Stupid or desperate? I'm thinking desperate.

Unless you've seen some folks get great jobs straight out of High School in the past 50 years.

[silverojo]

5. Maybe the jobs aren't great

But at least you'll live to enjoy the paychecks....

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. How about desperate?

this is AN ECONOMIC DRAFT

Repeat after me, ECONOMIC DRAFT

[Miss_Underestimated]

4. maybe it also has something to do with this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1564254

[rooboy]

7. Watch them fall WAY short for the next several months. n/t

[LibertyorDeath]

8. Well boys and girls

Have a wonderful time fighting Corporate Oil wars for America's

ruling elites.

Get used to the term amputation....

[JohnnyLib2]

9. Did someone say, "money talks?"

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[ClintonTyree]

10. The Army should be very proud.

After lowering their enlistment standards for the umpteenth time (we now have an Army filled with felons, gang members and other assorted miscreants) and offering ever higher bribes to entice America's youth (who have no other alternative to making an honest living because there are no jobs) into enlisting, they've FINALLY succeeded in realizing their lowered expectations of recruiting goals! :applause: WAY TO GO, ARMY!

I expect this shallow "victory" to be short lived with the following months ebbing back to realistic levels of recruitment shortfalls. After all, this recruitment bonanza follows high-school graduations around the country, and until the Defense Department can devise a way to graduate dead-end kids every month of the year, August will be the one time when they have a realistic opportunity to exceed their quotas. I imagine high-school graduations were a prime hunting ground for for the less than ethical Army recruiters, preying upon the disenfranchised and poor youth of our country. How the hell do these guys sleep at night? :mad:

I expect that soon, very soon, they will actually BE an, "Army Of One". :eyes:

[niceypoo]

11. Wanna bet these numbers are readjusted after Bushes september report on Iraq?