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*A Heritage Foundation study reported that during the Clinton administration “the military [was] suffering its worst personnel crisis since the draft ended in 1973. The U.S. Navy missed its recruiting goal by nearly 7,000 sailors in 1998, forcing many ships to deploy understaffed. In response, the Navy’s leadership decided in 1999 to accept a higher percentage of recruits without high school diplomas. That same year, both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force missed their recruiting goals. As noted … only the Marine Corps, by far the smallest of the four services, has avoided a major personnel crisis.” *
The military missing recruitment quotas during war should not alarm us. It is when the military fails to meet these quotas during relatively peaceful times that should be cause for concern. As Marines and soldiers take the overwhelming majority of casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq, I am not at all distraught that the Marine Corps and Army are not meeting their recruitment goals…
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Those who have joined the armed ranks since 9/11 (certainly since March 2003), especially in the Army and Marine Corps, know very well that there is a high probability that they will be deployed to war. These recruits have to be mentally tougher knowing that they face almost guaranteed deployment. These recruits are of a different breed.
War is the greatest filtering process the military could ever unintentionally undergo. If someone decides that he or she does not want to join the Marine Corps or Army during a time of war – I say “great!” Maybe these heavily combat-orientated branches of the military weren’t the right decision for that individual to begin with. Make way for the recruit behind you who is willing to go to war.
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The military missing recruitment quotas during war should not alarm us. It is when the military fails to meet these quotas during relatively peaceful times that should be cause for concern. As Marines and soldiers take the overwhelming majority of casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq, I am not at all distraught that the Marine Corps and Army are not meeting their recruitment goals…
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Those who have joined the armed ranks since 9/11 (certainly since March 2003), especially in the Army and Marine Corps, know very well that there is a high probability that they will be deployed to war. These recruits have to be mentally tougher knowing that they face almost guaranteed deployment. These recruits are of a different breed.
War is the greatest filtering process the military could ever unintentionally undergo. If someone decides that he or she does not want to join the Marine Corps or Army during a time of war – I say “great!” Maybe these heavily combat-orientated branches of the military weren’t the right decision for that individual to begin with. Make way for the recruit behind you who is willing to go to war.
Continue reading “Memorial Day Response to “Recruiting Shortfalls””