California second in Army recruiting

[babylonsister]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=8111

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With 80,635 new recruits, the service exceeded its goals for the fiscal year, as did the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force.

David Chu, undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness, called it "the unfolding of a new greatest generation" and credited a rise in patriotism for the increases. First Sgt. Arturo Ramos, an Army recruitment trainer in Los Angeles, agreed.

"There's a perception that it might be difficult because we're in a time of war," Ramos said. But, he added, new recruits "are doing it because they feel they've got to do something for their country."

Some, however, question whether the Army is lowering its standards, and local activists who oppose recruitment in high schools accuse the military of preying on the poor.

According to the Pentagon, 17 percent of new recruits were granted waivers so they could serve. Most were "moral character" waivers that are used primarily for recruits with misdemeanor crimes in their past.

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[thepurpose]

1. You forgot the link waivers aren't the only way they can lower standards.

They can accept more people that don't score well on the written test and more with out high school diplomas.

[marmar]

2. And hasn't the recruiting goal been lowered?

Isn't that the story of this administration? Set the bar so low that ANYTHING looks good. That explains the White Supremacists and Chicago gang members who've left graffiti in Iraq. The best and the brightest. :sarcasm: :scared: