Comments on: US Military recuitment http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2005/05/13/us-military-recuitment/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:59:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark Byron http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2005/05/13/us-military-recuitment/#comment-4347 Mark Byron Sat, 14 May 2005 15:47:01 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=1428#comment-4347 The military is having trouble meeting its recruiting needs. The economy's good by and large, being in a shooting war is not a plus, and the edge the military had in hiring and promoting minorities (they were doing in the 1950s what civilian business took until the 70s to do, hence Colin Powell but few black CEOs) has started to close. Recruiters pulling fast ones on recruits is nothing new. One trick is to promise high-tech jobs that are easily transferable to civilian life, then the kid winds up in a artillary unit. I recall similar stories two decades ago when I did a brief Army stint (boot camp and me didn't mix well). The military is having trouble meeting its recruiting needs. The economy’s good by and large, being in a shooting war is not a plus, and the edge the military had in hiring and promoting minorities (they were doing in the 1950s what civilian business took until the 70s to do, hence Colin Powell but few black CEOs) has started to close.

Recruiters pulling fast ones on recruits is nothing new. One trick is to promise high-tech jobs that are easily transferable to civilian life, then the kid winds up in a artillary unit. I recall similar stories two decades ago when I did a brief Army stint (boot camp and me didn’t mix well).

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