"Recruiting is an ugly, deceitful, evil empire"

From: Soldiers for The Truth site:



"The Army’s All-Volunteer Force is taking casualties it hasn’t even recruited yet as more and more young people dismiss military service as an option after high school. The Army recruited 27 percent fewer soldiers than it needed last month and the trend continues downward as the no-exit war on terror drags on, according to the service’s own statistics...



“We are competing with civilian companies for the same, sharp, bright young people looking for jobs,” Smith explained. “Whenever the economy gets better – and of course we are glad the economy is improving - the Army has a more difficult time attracting young people.”


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Nonsense, said Sergeant 1st Class Johnny Caia, an embittered Massachusetts-based recruiter. He spent 10 straight years between 1993 and 2003 trying to enlist two soldiers a month to meet his “mission,” the name the recruiting commands applies to its quota requirement. He is now on the Temporary Disability Retirement List (TDRL) after having a nervous breakdown that cost him his family, his job and most likely his career after 19 years of soldiering, he said.



”Recruiting is a very ugly, deceitful, evil empire,” claims the former recruiting “station commander” in Amherst, Mass., who moved to Ventura, Calif., to get away from the painful memories he left there.... “The 1st Sergeant would call up and say, ‘Caia, I don’t care how you get that man in there, but get him in there, you know how it works,’ the Caia claims. “It took them ten years to break me, but they broke me. Most of the time it only took three years before a recruiter began to lie.”



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But there are many recruiters who fight tooth and nail everyday to do the right thing. They don't all break, there are some truly honest and noble recruiters out there. If the District Commander stands up for honesty over numbers, these recruiters become the majority and the whole district changes. I've seen it. They may not make their numbers but they make good recruiters.

Why have we allowed this idiot to look so proud while only months ago during a short unprotected, unfiltered, debate on his performance and idea's for our country, did he look so scared.

The problems often begin in homes where young people have absolutely no concept of duty, honor and country, Wadyko explained. These are principles taht should be fundamental in a young American’s upbringing, he added.

No, the problem is that they are being sent to war by a pResident
who has no concept of duty, honor, and country, who went AWOL himself,
and who has been feeding us one lie after another about why we
are in this war in the first place. Then they don't even keep their
side of the bargain, keeping soldiers in for years after their
enlistments were supposed to be up, and calling back reservists again
and again. God help you if you get wounded, because Uncle Sam won't.
He'll even dun you for the cost meals in the hospital.

There is no shortage of patriotism among America's families.

They were turning away recruits after 9/11, and there had all they
needed in Afghanistan. A strong economy need not dry up recruiting,
the military met their recriuiting goals during the economic boom
of the '90s without having to lower their standards as they have now.