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Hope we don't have to go to war soon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/30/army-recruitment-numbers-low/
I work part time at a MEPS station and have been seeing these issues first hand, everything stated in the article is true.
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Thanks for posting that, it was a bit of an eye opener. But between the legal use of recreational drugs and the sedentary computer, social media, video game lifestyle of today, I am surprised that even that many can pass the drug tests and physicals. Bob
Really need to rebuild our military. I feel the best recruitment should've been through retention. AND, keep the promises made to our Veterans.
Living in close proximity to a major military base, I see first hand the damage done by the current DEMOCRAT regime. Diversity promotions, budget cuts, the Afghanistan debacle, woke ideology, loss of prestige abroad and the list goes on. Only TRUMP can fix this.
Interesting article, I volunteered at 17 in the 70's and only regret I have was getting out after 4 years, but serving under Jimmy Carter wasn't good, I can only imagine it must be even worse now…
We are in a proxy war. It can only accelerate.
I joined at 17, draft was still going and I had a very low draft number. After trying to avoid the draft I was told that the ship I was going to was going to Vietnam. I had taken my final leave and we were two weeks from leaving for Vietnam and they signed the peace accord so we never went.
After active duty I stayed in the reserves and was assigned to a river patrol boat unit. Never saw a boat as I only did one tour in reserves and I was always needed somewhere else when I did my AT every year.
Our betters are selling the false notion that the sexual deviance diversity of today is no different than Truman’s diversity initiative following WW2.
It is very different. In my Navy of the early 1980s, there was a don’t ask, don’t care policy. If you were a sailor first and did your job, all was well.
Today’s diversity advocates put the deviance above devotion which is the least inclusive policy possible.
When personal perception is more important than performance and cohesion, morale is destroyed.
I wouldn’t sign up now.
Brad Steele
Yep, and they are fast tracking DEI hires up the promotion ladder.
Things have gotten worse. However in the Navy I was in late early 70's they treated the sexual deviants much different. I don't remember what port we were in but we were tied up with some other destroyers and one day they found a sailor dead floating between the ships, he had been stabbed.
The scuttle butt was they he was gay and tried to make a pass at someone. No one was ever charged.
l could not read the article without first buying a subscription to the Wa Post. That will NEVER happen😡
Path to "Citizenship" will be offered to illegals to do 2 years like the Koreans and Jews.