Now this makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

[proud2BlibKansan]

1,106 soldiers ordered back to recruiting duty

By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 24, 2007 18:17:59 EDT

The Army is immediately ordering 1,106 former recruiters back to that duty. The soldiers are being pulled from their current assignments and sent to recruiting stations across the nation as the army struggles to meet its mission in signing up 80,000 new soldiers this year.

The short-notice assignments are temporary — they begin Friday and will run no later than Oct. 15.

The names of soldiers detailed to these assignments can be accessed using an Army Knowledge Online username and password by clicking here.

Soldiers also will be notified of their assignments via an AKO message, and by garrison command and personnel officials.

more . . . http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/07/army_recruiting_070724w/

[babylonsister]

1. THAT'S a lot of recruiters; desperate times, desperate measures? nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. More countries to invade?

[dflprincess]

18. Or maybe they're going to start shanhaing (sp) "volunteers"

n/t

[Squatch]

21. That's NOT a lot of recruiters.

It's only 20 per each of the 54 states and territories.

[EFerrari]

22. But, isn't that 20 MORE for each? n/t

[Squatch]

29. It doesn't say if those are all

going into the recruiting force or will be recruiting support personnel.

[babylonsister]

23. Over 1,000 ordered back, to work only until October, combined with

the recruiters that are already in place? Whatever you say.

[Squatch]

28. Ummm...I used to be an Army recruiter.

1,000 recruiters is NOT a lot of recruiters.

[babylonsister]

31. Bully for you; it's still over 1,000 ADDITIONAL piled on to the

recruiters already in the field. Not worth the argument, but if it was no big deal, why is it being reported on?

[Squatch]

33. Because the bigger story is not the number of recruiters

but the recruiting shortfall.

The number of recruiters ALWAYS fluctuates with mission requirements.

[proud2BlibKansan]

32. How many do they have in each state now?

[Squatch]

34. Quite a few more.

:)

[EFerrari]

2. It could mean the numbers are so low they need more guys

to meet their goals?

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Which goals would that be?

One comes to my mind.

I
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[EFerrari]

9. Could be. I guess it's too much to hope for that they won't keep

making people go back to Iraq for the upteenth deployment. :(

[shadowknows69]

3. Time to offer those violent felons and gang members

and people that wouldn't pass a psyche eval to work at walmart their 40k bonus for joining.

[MissB]

4. Wow. Lots of recruiters, short time frame.

I wonder if they're just trying to get college-aged kids before they head off to college.

[I_Will]

8. ...or just staffing up for some anticipated rush of new vols,

due to some "who-could-have-anticipated" tragedy?

[Individualist]

26. Connecting the dots

Terror is being hyped, MSM is propagandizing about evil Iran, now this build-up. A "who-could-have-anticipated" tragedy could very well be in the works, and I'm afraid it's going to happen within the next couple of months.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Need... More... Meat...

for the grinder

[jimshoes]

10. Bet they up the age restrictions

pretty soon to like 49 or 52. They already have exemptions for folks with prior service. They must really be hard up for fodder units.

[sarcasmo]

24. The age limit now is 42, correct.

[jimshoes]

49. Yes

42. I was just talking to a acquaintence who is a recruiter and he mentioned the 42 years age limit.

[Frustratedlady]

11. The link gave me a message that the page was AWOL.

Think they posted it to the wrong site?

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Try this

I am pasting the entire email message I received with this link.

Just saw this article, re. 1100 recruiters ordered back to duty. Last week, was told 600,000 reservists were called up… any info on that?

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/07/army_recruiting_070724w/

[bananas]

16. cut and paste this url

DU removes the slash at the end of the url
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/07/army_recruiting_070724w/

[bananas]

14. It needs the slash "/" at the end

DU puts a space in front of the last slash for some reason,
just type in the slash at the end of the url and it works.

[rocktivity]

12. I ran a search on the headline, and it's on MarineCorpsTimes.com

for now, at least.

:headbang:
rocknation

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Nope - gone

[bananas]

19. That one also works if you add the slash

welcome to web 2.0

[babylonsister]

20. OT, that's why I don't go to the

Army Times anymore; links would always drop, and I'm not tech-savvy enough to know why, or how to fix it. x(

[AwakeAtLast]

17. Hmmm....

Trying to avoid a draft?

It won't be long now....

[rocktivity]

25. It's baa---accck....

at ArmyTimes.com

The short-notice assignments are temporary — they begin Friday and will run no later than Oct. 15.
Yeah, right--that's what they said about the deployments!


:crazy:
rocknation

[babylonsister]

27. Oh yeah? This is what I got:

:crazy:
That page has gone AWOL!

404 Error: File not found

It appears that the page you requested cannot be located at this time.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/07/army_recruiting_070724w has gone AWOL.

Please check to make sure that everything in the URL was spelled correctly. Otherwise, use the site search above to find the information you need.
:crazy:

[halobeam]

30. whoa

:wtf:

[Frustratedlady]

35. Adding the / works, though.

Gee, I was hoping they had made a mistake and posted it to the wrong site. Nasty mind...nasty mind.

[Madspirit]

36. k&r...n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. To ALL parents of high schoolers!!! Follow the link in my post, print out 2 opt-out forms, 1 for the

school and one for the Pentagon and get them IN THE MAIL BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS! The recruiters will be at your child's school trying to harass them and get them to join the military. They will tell them ANYTHING they want to hear and promise them the world to get them to enlist. Send out the Opt-Out forms!

http://www.workingforchange.com/lmcablog/

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. You need to start a thread and post that link

[in_cog_ni_to]

40. Okay. Will do. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

41. ALL the info and "Leave My Child Alone" sites are NOT AVAILABLE anymore??? WTF?

I just went back to get the direct links to the forms and all the form links are dead! Leave My Child Alone is OFF-LINE now! WHY???

I printed out forms earlier this year! What's going on? Was there a deadline on this or something?

[proud2BlibKansan]

44. The deadline is the end of September

[blondeatlast]

47. The MMOB link to LMCA is gone too.

Has been for a few weeks??? :shrug:

[donkeyotay]

38. Either they're anticipating a needed increase so that bush can go back

to being a Popular Wartime pResident, or the GOP doesn't want to run as the party that broke the army and the country.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

42. Cannon fodder shortage. The makers of body bags are complaining.

[MdDem21524]

43. need some information please.....

I seem to remember a while back that NCOs were given a "choice" to become a recruiter, or a drill sargent, or serve time in Iraq. Can anyone confirm or deny this for me please.

[Squatch]

45. Denied.

Usually NCOs in the grade of E-6 or E-7 are chosen to serve as recruiters between MTOE assignments. HRC identifies NCOs who are going to be leaving MTOE units for various reasons (most often than not to attend ANCOC or other schools) and then slots them to R&R for a two- or three-year stint as a recruiter or recruiting support person.

Not all NCOs become recruiters at any point in their careers. In fact, I would say that less than 1/3 of all NCOs spend any time in R&R.

As for choice, soldiers are always given a choice as to their next duty location on something euphemistically called a "wish list". However, the "needs of the Army" always supersede the desires of the soldier, so more often than not, the soldier is someplace they never wanted to be in the first place.

[blondeatlast]

46. Lock up your sons. And daughters. And moms, dads, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts,

chair hockey goalies, dry cleaning taker-inners, etc.

The hair on the back of my neck is standing too--but it sure as hell ain't saluting. :scared:

[PurityOfEssence]

48. The term "Judas Goat" comes to mind...

This way to the stockyards, ewe-all...