usatoday.com - 1/14/2009
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The increase reflects the difficulties the Army faces in attracting young men and women into the military at a time of war. "Each month is a struggle, for the Army in particular," said Bill Carr, a top military personnel official. The percentage of active and Reserve Army recruits granted ...
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ricks.foreignpolicy.com - 1/7/2009
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ricks.foreignpolicy.com —
I blurbed his book, he blackballed me Did
faculty members at the Army War College curtail their
criticism of the Iraq war for fear of institutional retaliation? That seems to be the bottom line in a situation I stumbled across just a few ...
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Fiasco at the Army War College
news.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
WASHINGTON The Army said Wednesday that 7,000 family
members of soldiers killed in the Iraq or Afghan
wars mistakenly were sent letters addressing them as "John Doe." Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., was sending a personal letter to all ...
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Army apologizes for hurtful message to survivors - ...
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Obsidian Wings —
... In terms of maintaining a professional force, the numbers of "conduct" waivers are even more troubling. For felonies or serious misdemeanors (or three minor misdemeanors), the Army granted entrance waivers to 4.6 percent of its recruits in 2004. That number had more than doubled to 11 percent at the end of 2007. And in the first half of 2008, the number ballooned to 13 percent. To put it starkly, this means that one out of every eight Army recruits now has a criminal record." ...
One upside to mass unemployment
Newshoggers.com —
... In terms of maintaining a professional force, the numbers of "conduct" waivers are even more troubling.
For felonies or serious misdemeanors (or three minor misdemeanors),
the Army granted entrance waivers to 4.6 percent of its recruits in
2004. That number had more than doubled to 11 percent at the end of
2007. And in the first half of 2008, the number ballooned to 13
percent. To put it starkly, this means that one out of every eight
Army recruits now has a criminal record. ...
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