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To: MinorityRepublican
And recruitment has risen and fallen with the national unemployment rate. The causes of this crisis are many, and both politicians and our national leadership are largely to blame.

The all-volunteer army always met it annual recruiting goals from 1973-2020. What happened starting in 2021? I'm trying to think...

19 posted on 07/30/2023 10:52:00 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

2 year enlistments in the infantry and non skilled jobs where no significant training is required. Make it worth their while by giving 401k bonuses after a year. An up-to 90 day early release if it coincides with a community college/trade school start.

18/19 year-olds could choose between this military jump-start in life or choose a community college set up on the trimester system-no long summer vacations. A skilled trade can be taught in the military with a longer commitment. This option could compete with McJobs, the only option out there. Young folks would be ‘doing something’ rather than lounge around not knowing what to do with themselves.

It starts with raising the age of adulthood to 20. No more voting for 18/19 year-olds EXCEPT those serving in the military. It takes away the ‘if they’re old enough to fight’ argument.

Young folks have gotta get on with their lives. I’ve also suggested allowing 16 year-olds to take and pass the GED and then deal with his/her options. And to think the rats solution is to allow 16 year-olds to vote. In my way they’d earn their way to adulthood.


43 posted on 07/30/2023 11:12:20 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

BIDEN, TRANNIES, HOMOS. Back when sane people ran the Military, they were quick to remove them. One way or another.

My Biodad last of the real Horse Calvary, and Dad 503rd Airborne under Gen. Mac, were WW2 Army, cousins Korea, then their sons Nam, and their sons the Sandboxes. My cousin In Law saw 32 yrs in USAF. Still does funerals as of 2021.

Marines are the toughest of the tough, the only reason they do meet requirements.


152 posted on 08/02/2023 8:34:55 AM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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