Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Recruiting Woes

Seems a lot of potential recruits are being talked out of joining the Army.  By parents and other influential folks in their lives.  So, the Army takes the next logical step.  Bring in the big guns.  The heavy hitters.  The recruiters who can overwhelm the potential recruits, their families and friends.


Army Times: Army orders surge in recruiters



Yet more evidence of the strain the Army is under because of the Iraq War as it tries to meet its goal of 80,000 new recruits this year. Army Times reports that the Army has ordered 1,106 soldiers, former recruiters, away from their current assignments and back to recruiting duty starting on Friday. Army officials said recently that they were having significant difficulties getting new recruits because [...]


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