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Slow Economy Helping Military Recruiting

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Posted by Steve White 2008-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 yadda, yadda, yadda. The military met recruiting goals [much to the MSM dismay] during the war and 'good' economic times these last 8 years. Ignoring the year during the Clinton era it did not when everything was golden by the MSM measure.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-14 03:32|| 2008-10-14 03:32|| Front Page Top

#2 No matter how bad the economy, who would want to enlist to serve under CinC Obama?

Posted by Glenmore 2008-10-14 07:38|| 2008-10-14 07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 That's why Obama will reinstate the draft for his Peoples' Militia. You're daughter to be a member of the elite Sandra Bernhart Peoples' Shock Brigade.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-14 09:04|| 2008-10-14 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 From The One's web site:

Restore the Readiness of the National Guard and Reserves

Barack Obama and Joe Biden will provide the National Guard with the equipment it needs for foreign and domestic emergencies and time to restore and refit before deploying. They will make the head of the National Guard a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure concerns of our citizen soldiers reach the level they mandate.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-14 09:20|| 2008-10-14 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 No matter how bad the economy, who would want to enlist to serve under CinC Obama?

What do our fellow 'Burgers who are currently serving or have recently served say about this...do you anticipate a serious downturn in enlistments and reenlistments/mass resignations of officers if the media putsch carries The One into the Oval Office?

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-10-14 12:39|| 2008-10-14 12:39|| Front Page Top

#6 i look for The One (if elected) and Harry and Nan to gut the defense budget, thus resulting in a RIF action, in both the uniformed and civilian segments.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-10-14 12:40|| 2008-10-14 12:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I left the active military during the Carter administration, but not just because Jimmah Kahtuh was elected president. I joined the Reserves shortly after my discharge. I pulled at least one 6-month active duty tour before Ronald Reagan was elected president, and I was convinced I was right to have left. For a lot of people, the CINC doesn't matter - at least, not at first. It's not until the promotion freezes, the inane stupidity, and all the rest coming from the top trickles down that people begin considering leaving. It's just one more matter to consider, but it's frequently the tipping point. If there's another Clinton-style purge, things could get really difficult for the average soldier, and he'll bail. It's one thing to serve when you know the people support you. It's another thing to serve when the most important people in the chain of command consider you just another piece of sh$$.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-10-14 16:04|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-10-14 16:04|| Front Page Top

#8 No matter how bad the economy, who would want to enlist to serve under CinC Obama?

Somebody not familiar with the story of Uriah the Hittite?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-14 18:18|| 2008-10-14 18:18|| Front Page Top

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