08-27-2008, 06:57 PM | #1 | |||
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Army opens prep school for dropouts to fill ranks
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08-27-2008, 08:43 PM | #2 |
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If they want to better themselves by joining the military, good for them. Just because they're high school dropouts does not mean they won't be good soldiers.
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08-27-2008, 08:49 PM | #3 |
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08-27-2008, 08:51 PM | #4 |
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08-27-2008, 09:28 PM | #5 |
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As long as the recruiters are straight with them about the possibility of combat, I don't see any issues with this, and in fact think it's a good use of resources.
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08-27-2008, 09:32 PM | #6 |
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And yet apparently gay people are not eligible. What a brilliant system/.
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08-28-2008, 12:41 PM | #7 |
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08-28-2008, 12:43 PM | #8 | |
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That part always cracks me up. That issue cropped up during Iraq I: "wait, what do you mean, I might have to FIGHT someone?"
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08-28-2008, 12:54 PM | #9 |
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I have no problem with this. These kids are the ones who without this, wouldn't have anything to do with themselves at all. They're not even the ones signing up for the educational benefits like college or whatever. They're fine with being soldiers and will probably do well at it. It's worth doing.
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08-28-2008, 01:06 PM | #10 | |
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Anybody who scores in the top half of the aptitude test, yet still can't figure out that combat is part of the military probably shouldn't be accepted into the program. |
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08-28-2008, 01:11 PM | #11 | |
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There are lots of non-combat positions in the military though. I don't know exactly how many or how easy they are to get, and I would expect recruiters to be honest about those prospects. It is easy for us on the outside to realize that combat should be expected of all recruits, but I could see where recruits could get swayed by lying recruiters. |
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08-28-2008, 01:15 PM | #12 |
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08-28-2008, 01:24 PM | #13 | |
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No it isn't - but being ashamed of it? You can bring your wife/girlfriend to the base at social events or have a picture of her (at least I assume so - may be wrong) - why the hell can't the a guy have his boyfriend in the same way? What is it that bothers some people so deeply that they would rather allow convicted felons to join the army as opposed to perfectly reasonable, patriotic gay citizens? |
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08-28-2008, 01:27 PM | #14 | |
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It's a fair goal, but I'm not sure it's reasonable to expect perfection here. I mean, recruiters are salesman and they work off an expected quota. And it's hard enough for those cats with two battlefields currently in progress, amazingly low American support for the effort, and "recruiter-hate" at all-time high levels. It's easy to see where they are going to work that grey area to get by. However, having said that, the recruiting levels are doing well right now, I think, so they don't have to get too desperate. All I can say is be informed. Ask questions. That's the way the world has always worked. Knowledge is power. If you can't think to ask the military if combat is a possibility and you are "duped" into joining the US Marine Corp, and the first words out of your mouth are "Wait, I'm gonna get shot at?"...well...there's a sucker born every minute I guess. (Mostly liberals, apparently, but I digress. ) |
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08-28-2008, 01:29 PM | #15 | |
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Public showers are gay enough, thank you. |
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08-28-2008, 01:55 PM | #17 |
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08-28-2008, 02:05 PM | #18 | |
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08-28-2008, 03:08 PM | #19 |
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God damn it, this irks me to no end! Once and for all: it is "champing at the bit" not "chomping"!
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