11-05-2005 05:32									#1
	US Army to stop ALL recruiting. Got spare money?

While they investigate recruiting abuses. WoW.

	11-05-2005 05:33									#2
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Mind giving us a link?

	11-05-2005 05:34									#3
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Sure, I'm watching it on CBS news.

	11-05-2005 05:35									#4
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the first step so they can transition to the draft.

	11-05-2005 05:37									#5
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Oh, why don't MTV carry this stuff. Rock out to current affairs.

	11-05-2005 06:05									#6
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http://www.goarmy.com/flindex.jsp

Doesn't say anything about stopping recruiting but does say something about downloadable games.

	11-05-2005 06:15									#7
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What abuses?

	11-05-2005 06:27									#8
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Some kid made an appointment with a cruiter and changed his mind. cruiter told him the police would pick him up if he didn't show. There were others...I guess alot of them.

That army site has a chatroom.

	11-05-2005 06:57									#9
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It was your son!!1

	11-05-2005 12:27									#10
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join the navy instead

	11-05-2005 12:30									#11
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you and me baby aint nothing but mammals . . .

	11-05-2005 13:26									#12
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If the USA could find a decent war, there would be no shortage of recruits.

I say we invade Osamastan!

	11-05-2005 13:50									#13
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We should invade Hell.

	11-05-2005 15:07									#14
	Got spare money?

I think we already have.

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	11-05-2005 16:40									#15
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Safety Standown, basically a brake on whatever produced the problem so everyone can stand back, take a deep breath, and then figure out what the problem is.

Unusual circumstances for a "safety" standown, but a good measure I think.

	11-05-2005 18:42									#16
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The problem is that not many people want to join the army, (for some strange reason ) so recruiters are cutting a lot of corners in order to get as many warm bodies in as possible.

	11-05-2005 18:42									#17
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"Abuse" is quickly becoming my favourite candidate for Most Abused Term of the Year.

The guy abused the US military, so they decided to abuse him right back. And now this has become a news item to abuse all of us, and what little time we have for abusing things on this earth.

	11-05-2005 18:47									#18
	Got spare money?

A friend of mine in the Army - an officer for 10 years - said that if you join there is no negotiation about the type of service you will do or the location of your duties. He said you should count on going to Iraq almost immediately if you sign up. And that counts for both regular army AND reserves..

	11-05-2005 18:54									#19
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quote: The guy abused the US military, so they decided to abuse him right back. And now this has become a news item to abuse all of us, and what little time we have for abusing things on this earth.

Its not just that, its recruiters letting people into the army who shouldn't be let in, people with criminal records, people who can't pass the ridiculously-easy entrance test without "help" etc. etc.

	11-05-2005 19:01									#20
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quote: The problem is that not many people want to join the army, (for some strange reason ) so recruiters are cutting a lot of corners in order to get as many warm bodies in as possible.

Believe me, this is nothing new.

quote: A friend of mine in the Army - an officer for 10 years - said that if you join there is no negotiation about the type of service you will do or the location of your duties. He said you should count on going to Iraq almost immediately if you sign up. And that counts for both regular army AND reserves..

Absolutely untrue. Having worked at a recruiting command, there are several programs that guaruntee communities, you just have to not be a dumb ass and read your contract before signing.

Though I fail to see why someone joining the military during something like Iraq should expect not to be sent there

	11-05-2005 19:06									#21
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what a cheery thought

	11-05-2005 19:06									#22
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I've also been told by ex-recruiters that the contract you sign is meaningless.

Last edited by chegitz guevara on 11-05-2005 at 21:19

	11-05-2005 20:28									#23
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so answer me this - if there are lots of folks in the army who want out, how is the (stupid) dont ask dont tell policy still in place? Id think someone would just go up to their officer and say "im gay". Its not like thats gonna hurt so much in civilian life in this day, especially if you tell everyone you just wanted out. (yeah im sure there are some employers who will be picky about your discharge, and wont like it if you lied, but I doubt 19 year olds afraid of getting killed are gonna worry too much about that)

Youd think the side benefit of the recruitment problems would be to kill off dont ask dont tell.

	11-05-2005 20:48									#24
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The thing that would scare me the most as a new recruit is being in a war zone under the command of retarded officers like the ones implicated in the Abu Gharaib scandal.. My Army buddy says the Army has scraped the bottom of the barrel of its reserves for deployment and there are so many people supervising troops over there who are unfit superivsors.

	11-05-2005 21:18									#25
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Lancer you realize that by posting that link in the OP that you hate your country?

	11-05-2005 21:19									#26
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I think the halt is only for 1 day.

	11-05-2005 23:07									#27
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Wow...

Seriously, contracts do mean a lot. And people have gotten out of army contracts quite a bit when tehir recruiter lied. I was also able to negociate what I wanted to do in the army. I made a thread about going Military Intelligence before enlisting...well, I enlisted and now work military intelligence. It's quite easy really.