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vetvoice.com - 1/14/2009
Reclaiming Army Standards
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The fact is, while the Army has been lowering its entrance standards with regard to education, physical fitness, and crime since the end of the Cold War, that process has accelerated since the invasion of Iraq.  And this is something that the incoming Army Secretary should address. The ...
Strategic Collapse at the Army War College
pajamasmedia.com - 1/14/2009
Strategic Collapse at the Army War College
— pajamasmedia.com — A faculty member publicly defends Hamas while students are not allowed to read texts on militant Islam.... (more) Strategic Collapse at the Army War College

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Fiasco at the Army War College
ricks.foreignpolicy.com - 1/7/2009
Fiasco at the Army War College
— 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 ... (more) Fiasco at the Army War College

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news.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
Army apologizes for hurtful message to survivors - Yahoo! News
— 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 ... (more) Army apologizes for hurtful message to survivors - ...

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Over One In Eight
Political Animal — ... in the Military Times ( h/t ): "The Army is in the midst of a disturbing trend that threatens not only our immediate goals in the current conflicts, but, more importantly, the long term health of the organization. The fact is, while the Army has been lowering its entrance standards with regard to education, physical fitness, and crime since the end of the Cold War, that process has accelerated since the invasion of Iraq. And this is something that the incoming Army Secretary should address. The numbers are shocking when you actually see the scope of the issue: Dr. Andrew ...

Over One In Eight
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy Brandon Friedman has a scary article in the Military Times (h/t): "The Army is in the midst of a disturbing trend that threatens not only our immediate goals in the current conflicts, but, more importantly, the long term ...

One upside to mass unemployment
Newshoggers.com — ... Brandon Friedman at VetVoice is pimping an article he wrote for the Military Times concerning recruit quality for the US Army.  It cratered as soon as it was apparant to the American population that joining the army meant at least one, and usually two tours in Iraq during an eight year enlistment period with Calvinball rules and predictablity to follow.  The marginal recruit of previous years all of a sudden found far better things to do with their time so the new marginal recruit was less educated, in worse shape and in need of more exemptions and waivers: ...

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