A couple of years ago Rumsfeld decided to reduce the Air Force and Navy in order to prop up the the Army and Marines. When they do that 40,000 Sailors and Marines don't just show up for work the next day as Sailors and Marines. Budgets have to be adjusted and the recruiting and training pipes need to get ready for the flood. It would seem to me that this is about the time that they have the go ahead to start recruiting those new troops.
I hope thats the case anyway.
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"When they do that 40,000 Sailors and Marines don't just show up for work the next day as Sailors and Marines.
Translation: When they do that 40,000 Airman and Sailors don't show up to work the next day as Soldiers and Marines.