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2023-01-12 -Land of the Free

Inside the REAL boot camp: US Army expands scheme to get flabby, low-grade wannabes into shape and into uniforms, after last year's dismal 15,000 recruitment dropoff

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's actually good that recruitment has problems. We might have fewer wars that way. It's worth a shot.

Posted by Herman Hapsburg8987 2023-01-12 03:42|| 2023-01-12 03:42|| Front Page Top

#2 You want better quality recruits? Shut down the student loan program and tell them they can get their college money via the GI Bill.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-01-12 07:21|| 2023-01-12 07:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Uhem, Boot Camp implies one cannot wear pumps.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-01-12 10:45|| 2023-01-12 10:45|| Front Page Top

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-12 11:06|| 2023-01-12 11:06|| Front Page Top

#5 "We might have fewer wars that way."

Tis not the way wars work, dear Herman.

Posted by mossomo 2023-01-12 12:32|| 2023-01-12 12:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Let me introduce your drill instructor, Sgt Richard Simmons.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-12 12:54|| 2023-01-12 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't know but I been told
Some these recruits got two holes...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-12 12:58|| 2023-01-12 12:58|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-12 16:37|| 2023-01-12 16:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Scary that at almost 70 and no military service I have a better chance of qualifying for military service than the average 18 year old. (Of course the DIs would have problems dealing with me…)

Posted by Glenmore 2023-01-12 16:54|| 2023-01-12 16:54|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm 63, could not pass the PT but not gross. The issue is, I would fight for my country, but not under Darth Lunch.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-12 16:58|| 2023-01-12 16:58|| Front Page Top

#11 ...or the Swamp.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-01-12 17:29|| 2023-01-12 17:29|| Front Page Top

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