Originally Posted by
rudedog40
http:///forum/post/2574141
And you want me to believe a web site created by the military? You actually think they're going to say, "No one is signing up for military service. Our recruiting numbers are the lowest they've been in 5 years". The Army has their ongoing commercials about giving you $40 grand to sign up. Talk about hanging a carrot in front of someone's face. Some backwoods trailer trash kid that thinks $10,000 is a lot of money would jump on that in a heartbeat. If they only knew what they were getting into...
There are other sites reporting the same thing, this was just the easiest to find. Sorry but sites like stonedmorons.com aren't going to report this type of information. I don't suppose you would consider a source like the US Department of Defense a credible source on issues like military recruitment but for others following along
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/...eleaseid=11398
The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the Active and Reserve components for Fiscal Year 2007.
· Active Duty Recruiting Fiscal Year 2007. All Services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for FY 2007.
Annual – End of Fiscal Year 2007 Accessions Goal Percent
Army 80,407 80,000 101
Navy 37,361 37,000 101
Marine Corps 35,603 35,576 100
Air Force 27,801 27,801 100
· Active Duty Retention. Retention remains extremely strong in the active force with all Services having met or exceeded their aggregate year-to-date targets. The Marine Corps surpassed its overall aggregate reenlistment mission (110%) allowing them to exceed their FY07 targeted end strength by a comfortable margin. Air Force final information is pending.
Here's an article from the leftwing propaganda rag the San Fransico Chronicle. Of course they reported on the shortfall over two months but didn't report on the fact that as predicted in the underlined section all four branches met or exceeded their 2007 goals. Notice the slip in May of 2007 was the "first time in about 2 years" the military failed to meet it's monthly goals.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...w103812D03.DTL
US Army Misses June Recruiting Goal
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer
Monday, July 9, 2007
The Army failed to meet its recruiting goal in June, raising concern that the unpopular Iraq war and strong economy could wreak even more havoc on enlistments.
Army officials acknowledged Monday that the service missed its recruiting target for the second month in a row, but would not provide exact numbers. But two defense officials said the Army fell short of its 8,400 goal by about 15 percent — which is more than twice the June shortfall and would mean that roughly 7,000 recruits signed up.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the recruiting numbers are not scheduled for release until Tuesday.
Last month the Army said it recruited 5,101 new soldiers in May, about 7 percent short of its 5,500 goal for that month.
Army spokesman Col. Dan Baggio said the Army is still on track to meet its annual goal of 80,000 recruits for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, since it exceeded targets earlier in the year.
But, he added, "This is not necessarily a rosy picture. We're not taking this lightly."
The slip in May was the first time in about two years that the Army did not meet recruiting goals. It came as the Pentagon is struggling to increase the overall size of the Army and Marine Corps, as part of an effort to provide the warfighting capability needed.
As far as your comment about backwoods trailer trash I guess that makes you about as big an elistist pile of crap as Obama. Instead of worrying about 402 day or whatever idiotic code the stoners (Stoner: Someone who can't put down the bong long enough to experience a moment of clarity) are using to "fool" the man you should open a window and get a clue.
MODS, Sorry for a flame but I am sick and tired of know- nothing punks running down the guys who join the military.
