[MileHi]

The all volunteer military is incredibly expensive, and is self destructing, the shortage of men has feminized the military as females, moms, and grandmothers had to be recruited to make up the shortages, we lack bench depth for major wars.

Maybe if they chose their battles, and then fought to win and go home, they wouldn't have that problem.

Sending these guys in, over and over, with one hand tied behind their back, with queers and women in the mix is a great recruiting tool.

[ansel12]

When 9/11 happened, it did not result in the enlistment offices being filled.

Many of us older freepers will tell how we tried to reenlist but were told we were too old, but the young didn’t show up, and black and female enlistment clearly dropped when we started fighting.

Things got so desperate that the Army actually started allowing in 42 year old grandmas in 2006.