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Re: US Army\'s new recruit
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All of the uniformed services are very hard pressed for recruits now.
For the first time in like 10 years, the Marine Corps did not meet its mission of raw applicants and shippers to Boot Camp.
Recruiters have a tough life, and can be ruined easily if numbers are not produced. It's not a nice world to live in.
I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum, I try to keep them in the Marine Corps, again, not an easy task and my numbers are way down from several years ago. Fortunately, my Career isn't in jeopardy YET with our numbers.
IMO, and former Army members, don't take this the wrong way and I'm by no means slamming you or your service, but the Army isn't trained for this kind of warfare. The Army is huge, slow, and lumbering until it gets in place, then it's devastating with its power. Until that happens, the soldiers take the brunt of the blows. The Army is designed, equipped, and manned for large scale sustained land combat, not street-to-street urban warfare, convoy ops, or insurgency.
Collectively, as a whole, the DOD is having to totally re-write our doctrines and warfare procedures in this conflict. To make matters worse, it's on 2 different fronts, Iraq and Afghanistan, totally different situations and geography.
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Understandable what a recruiter does. There are quotas to meet. I was just taken aback by the way things unfolded at my house. Totally unexpected. My 22 yo son was expected and was going thru the motions, which I supported. If my other son chooses to do the same, then I too, would support that. I'm just worried that the youngest is doing it, because he may have been pulled in by my other son, may have been pulled in by the recruiter, who job was to work with my 22 yo, or he just 'wants to get out of the house'. I don't think he totally understand the ramifications of what he's doing, but then again, who does?
I'm sure if they both choose to do it, I'll understand, but I want to make sure it's for the right reason and not a whim of the moment.
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All of the uniformed services are very hard pressed for recruits now.
For the first time in like 10 years, the Marine Corps did not meet its mission of raw applicants and shippers to Boot Camp.
Recruiters have a tough life, and can be ruined easily if numbers are not produced. It's not a nice world to live in.
I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum, I try to keep them in the Marine Corps, again, not an easy task and my numbers are way down from several years ago. Fortunately, my Career isn't in jeopardy YET with our numbers.
IMO, and former Army members, don't take this the wrong way and I'm by no means slamming you or your service, but the Army isn't trained for this kind of warfare. The Army is huge, slow, and lumbering until it gets in place, then it's devastating with its power. Until that happens, the soldiers take the brunt of the blows. The Army is designed, equipped, and manned for large scale sustained land combat, not street-to-street urban warfare, convoy ops, or insurgency.
Collectively, as a whole, the DOD is having to totally re-write our doctrines and warfare procedures in this conflict. To make matters worse, it's on 2 different fronts, Iraq and Afghanistan, totally different situations and geography.
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Understandable what a recruiter does. There are quotas to meet. I was just taken aback by the way things unfolded at my house. Totally unexpected. My 22 yo son was expected and was going thru the motions, which I supported. If my other son chooses to do the same, then I too, would support that. I'm just worried that the youngest is doing it, because he may have been pulled in by my other son, may have been pulled in by the recruiter, who job was to work with my 22 yo, or he just 'wants to get out of the house'. I don't think he totally understand the ramifications of what he's doing, but then again, who does?
I'm sure if they both choose to do it, I'll understand, but I want to make sure it's for the right reason and not a whim of the moment.
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