Posted on 05/14/2014 3:49:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Uncle Sam doesn’t want you. At least 80 percent of you.
These days, the U.S. military is only taking 20 percent of the applicants who walk into their local recruiter’s office intent on enlisting in the armed services.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Terrence Hoard told the Kansas City Star that his recruitment office once needed to sign up 16 to 20 soldiers per month to meet recruitment goals. Today, he can get by with 10 to 12.
“We’re turning down twice as many as before,” he told the paper, which reported that four of every five adults who seek to join the military in 2014 do not make the cut.
The U.S. Army hopes to hit 57,000 recruits for active duty this year. It’s on pace to do just that, even while applying a stricter set of standards as it pertains to physical fitness, appearance (i.e., tattoos), intelligence test results and an applicant’s criminal history.
The Navy is no different.
“It’s not that we have a zero defect mentality, because we don’t,” Nathan Christensen, a Navy officer in public affairs for the Defense Department, told the Kansas City Star. “But it is true that the quality of military recruits right now is the highest it’s been in 40 years.”(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I suppose that the queers, confused boy-girls, minorities and muslims get preference these days, while white guys are shown the door. Diversity wins wars, you know.......
Not news. The services always had a high rejection rate during drawdowns. The statement about higher standards is bogus though. They lowered the entry score for the USAF a few years ago.
The specialized fields have always been hard to fill.
Active Duty ping.
Nah, the diversity ratio still mirrors the rest of the US.
Lets see... 36,000 released illegal invaders with criminal records... NO PROBLEM. Sign on up. Knob gobblers... NO PROBLEM. Transgendered mutilated queers??? NO PROBLEM. Cross dressing lesbians? No problem. Uncle Obama want’s YOU!!! Sign on up and take responsibility for defending a country you hate. What can go wrong???
Haven’t seen those groups yet even though I have seen a cross dressing doctor on base. He is not military but treats the military.
I work with these recruits every day - if this is the highest quality in 40 years, then I've been asleep for the 39 years I've either worn the uniform (1974-1998) or worked a a civilian in training (1999-present).
“With the ongoing Baraqqi Depression, the military is one of the few options available for young folks.”
No doubt; they are the “employer of last resort” for many, providing three hots and a cot.
Circle yer wagons troop……. Stay Safe !
They still make Victoria Green?
Are you thinking of “Green Reaper IPA”?
There are several small breweries, and brew pubs around here. I’ve lost track of how many different brews. Most are great — some are acquired tastes.
That's not what the local Navy recruiter told me not too long ago. What he described was indeed "a zero defect mentality." A kid with any kind of black mark on his record wasn't even going to be considered.
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