Army gains recruiting ground all around

Army gains recruiting ground all around
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jan 21, 2008 6:30:14 EST

All three Army components exceeded their recruiting goals in December, the Defense Department announced Jan. 10.

The latest numbers mark a successful first quarter of fiscal 2008 for the Army and Army National Guard, while the Army Reserve gained some ground in December after missing its goals the first two months of the fiscal year.

Also on Jan. 10, Army Secretary Pete Geren and Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army Guard, gave an update on Active First, one of the Army’s newest recruiting initiatives.

The program, launched Oct. 1, allows young men and women — who might want to give active duty a try without making a full commitment — to sign up for the National Guard and go on active duty for 30, 36 or 48 months before returning to their home station unit of assignment.

These new soldiers are recruited into the Guard, but after advanced individual training they are transferred into the active Army. After their initial term, they can re-enlist or return to their original Guard unit.


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Government produced and provided statistics have no credibility with me.

Funny, the military needs cannon fodder, the economy goes into the dumpster, and whella the military has Americans to turn into cadavers. It's not a conspiracy, its coincidence that happens a lot.

When neither the kids nor their parents know jack shit about what's going on in the world, it's easy to meet recruiting goals. Keep the population stupid. Works every time.

When it all comes crashing down, and the employment rate sky rockets, the army
will no longer have to take people with police records, or shady pasts. There
will be no other alternative but to join the military.