Running On Empty
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday July 15, 2007
The US Army announced on Tuesday that it failed to enlist enough recruits to meet it June recruitment goal of 8,400 — the second straight month that it has failed to do so. Both the National Guard and Army Reserves were able to meet their goals, however, as well as the US Marine Corps.
The two-month slide has some within the Pentagon swigging Maalox as the summer months are traditionally the strongest when it comes to enlisting young men and women into the ranks of the military. And even though some within the Defense Department acknowledge that the war in Iraq may be a factor — including the recently mandated 15-month tours of duty in either the Iraq or Afghanistan theater — they maintain that the Army is on still track to meet its goal of enlisting 80,000 new recruits by the end of the year.
This Leftwing Nutjob hopes that the recent activity that he’s noticed in his server logs regarding Google searches by the US Government for the Area Office Mobilization Prototype Exercise — which is used to test the Selective Service System — is just another drill and not a sign of things to come.
Army misses recruiting goal for second month — MSNBC.com
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Podcast #117
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!