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Military Recruiting: Lowering Standards is Dangerous

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Military Recruiting: Lowering Standards is Dangerous




Center for American Progress Senior Fellow (and former Air Force Colonel) PJ Crowley says the plan to increase active troops levels by 92000 makes sense, but lowering the standards to permit dangerous individuals to wear the uniform is not. What if our most powerful weapons were ideas? www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org

This is a very funny ad for ukrainian armed forces. It was shown at tv to recruit service men on contract basis. Translation: girl 1: would u take us for a ride on your BMW? BMW-driver: even to the end of the world! soldier: hey, i’d like to drown some vodka, girls! girl 1: just…

Originally posted 2010-09-05 21:26:35. Go Home page

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  1. WhiteShoesATL
    September 5th, 2010 at 21:52 | #1

    The era of the good willed GI died in Vietnam and has been replaced by Generation X. Even Condi Rice has alluded to this. The Iraqis n Afghans are telling it to the world. And we here in the States are blinded by patriotism, fireworks, false history, and Fox News. We do more harm than good… and playing globo cop has bankrupted the country and will eventually crash the dollar. The Afghan/Iraq wars are not wars of necessity but, our debt is what is goin to kill us. Even Bin Laden knows that

  2. Agent1W
    September 5th, 2010 at 22:25 | #2

    That’s just standards for recruiting. The buck doesn’t quite stop there. There’s more standards you must meet for completing basic training and qualifying for apprentice-level of your MOS, and Journeyman-level after that.

    Retention is a whole another ballgame. That’s where you have to appease your superiors and game the system, but that’s a discussion for another day.

  3. bbishop88
    September 5th, 2010 at 22:29 | #3

    HAHA I got a 96 on my asvab…I got two assault 4 misdemeanors from back when i was younger. All of them were simply self defense. Now HOLD UP what did i just say…ASSAULT, SELF DEFENSE…Aint that what the military does in the first place??? On top of that i tried the marines…i dont want to run a damn spaceship i just want to be a ground troop. Im starting to think this war isnt that damn important. So what about money…if i could do it for free i would. But i wasnt accepted sadly.

  4. dcramer00
    September 5th, 2010 at 22:47 | #4

    @plasticine86 There is a set amount of money that the DOD gets to fund our military. Right now lots of people are trying to get in and few are getting out so we are running out of room for new recruits. So the DOD gets to be picky about who they let in and who gets to stay in. Some states have had to stop recruiting all together while some have put enlistment caps on how many each recruiting station can put in. Once they reach that number they have to stop.

  5. sonic619760
    September 5th, 2010 at 23:10 | #5

    @plasticine86 I know how it feels. I am going to be graduating from a continuation high school which is a tier 2, have to get 15 units

  6. junior1984able
    September 5th, 2010 at 23:32 | #6

    @plasticine86…i too try to enlist, with homestudy diploma,….got denied,…they told me i needed 15 units…u believe that shit……

  7. jujutsu987
    September 6th, 2010 at 00:16 | #7

    @plasticine86 I Totally agree! All these shitbags talking about These guys with backgrounds need to shut the fuck up! If these men & women want to help in the war efforts then what the fuck are they complaining about? My hats off to anyone who steps up to the plate to change their lives around!

  8. MrVicarious666
    September 6th, 2010 at 00:35 | #8

    i was denied i scored 78. im still waiting for the waiver to change to exceptable

  9. plasticine86
    September 6th, 2010 at 01:25 | #9

    If people want to serve their country fucking let them. The military is like the last chance for anyone, and if they get to picky about who can die, then we’re not going to have a big military for sure. I got a 72 on my ASVAB but went to a homestudy school which is considered a tier 2 by the military, so I had to get a waiver requested and it was denied. Now I have to either get another diploma, or get 15 college credits just to be ‘qualified’ to join the military.

  10. PIMA954
    September 6th, 2010 at 02:15 | #10

    You had a bad recruiter but I bet he’d take you in a minute now! I took the practice test and got a 86, and now they are calling me like crazy, I told them not now but i am still considering. Try again, you’ll make it!

  11. airrunweskerII
    September 6th, 2010 at 02:27 | #11

    I applied for the Amry four years ago…
    I have no criminal activity in my background…
    GED grad with some college.
    Not too bad of shape…
    He told me a GED was not good enough for the Army!

    then they turn around had enlist individuals with felonies.
    Did I simply have a bad recuiter?
    I scored 86 on my ASVAB!

  12. asshokle
    September 6th, 2010 at 02:32 | #12

    bullshit too much talking about nothing at all,burocratic whitewash crap.

  13. Julbomber
    September 6th, 2010 at 02:52 | #13

    I always pick up ladies in an APC.

  14. thelleht
    September 6th, 2010 at 03:29 | #14

    =

    Is that serious or from a sketch show?!

  15. Raneuvfire
    September 6th, 2010 at 03:58 | #15

    DAMN! now THATS what i call a COCKBLOCK!! HAHAHA

  16. Irfan87
    September 6th, 2010 at 04:52 | #16

    @INatalkaI
    Take it easy bro, most Armies promote themselves like the US Army does as well. Self improvemen and serving your country etc. This is CLEARLY a joke.

  17. RadicalAwesomeness
    September 6th, 2010 at 05:35 | #17

    What has been seen cannot be unseen.

  18. IGOTDOWNS
    September 6th, 2010 at 06:04 | #18

    @sylvainh2o this commercial lets you be BOTH at once! and get payed for it by the government!!

  19. kino6777
    September 6th, 2010 at 06:43 | #19

    what are you writing??? .. he’s asking for water not for vodka)) .. and they are bringing somthing like milk .. and by the way it was aired may be 10 years ago when Ukraine was 3 yrs old … nobody knew about such thing as ukrainian contract army at that point .. and next time post what you do so that we laugh one more time .. ahaha

  20. sylvainh2o
    September 6th, 2010 at 07:14 | #20

    lol Ukraine either be a pimp or or a drunk soldier sounds like a good plan lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  21. cartmanrulez32
    September 6th, 2010 at 07:30 | #21

    has nothing on the us army lol. more technology.

  22. farouqnimer
    September 6th, 2010 at 08:21 | #22

    very decadent commercial, are they raising men or pussies :@

  23. ma3cTp034
    September 6th, 2010 at 08:35 | #23

    Говорить лейтенант Малошенко xd садитесь телки в мое бтр !

  24. Crristoo
    September 6th, 2010 at 08:46 | #24

    Porno Army hahahah

  25. Servaler
    September 6th, 2010 at 09:08 | #25

    I’ve never seen anything so stupid before!!! GOD help me to overcome what I’ve just seen

  26. busozavr
    September 6th, 2010 at 09:15 | #26

    hahahaha ^_^_^_^

  27. TheByblikbyblik
    September 6th, 2010 at 09:18 | #27

    бтр забыли продать грузинам

  28. keepfile
    September 6th, 2010 at 10:09 | #28

    ちょっと、ウクライナ行ってくる

  29. ocontin40
    September 6th, 2010 at 10:21 | #29

    @Glorifindell1 Ha ha, the Ukraine. Do you know what the Ukraine is? It’s a sitting
    duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It’s feeble. I think it’s
    time to put the hurt on the Ukraine.

  30. Glorifindell1
    September 6th, 2010 at 10:55 | #30

    @E1Jimbo
    ukranian people rulez

  31. Glorifindell1
    September 6th, 2010 at 11:24 | #31

    @ocontin40 be quiet fking asshole…join ukranian army and be a hero

  32. cifeso
    September 6th, 2010 at 11:50 | #32

    SONG NAME, PLZ.

  33. ocontin40
    September 6th, 2010 at 12:44 | #33

    Join Ukrainian Army, get whores!

  34. 44lucas
    September 6th, 2010 at 12:46 | #34

    @paddytheduck but no bimmer. Well, I guess you can’t have it all…

  35. 44lucas
    September 6th, 2010 at 12:48 | #35

    hahaha I’m sold, where do I sign up?

  36. OpelGTC
    September 6th, 2010 at 13:08 | #36

    Sergeant Big Dick came in with a BTR and stole all the pussies from the village,now that’s what I call heroism

  37. cifeso
    September 6th, 2010 at 13:27 | #37

    Fuckin’ LOVE the song.

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