Posted on 08/24/2005 8:46:05 AM PDT by kellynla
Recent media coverage has given extended time to the Army's difficulties in signing new recruits while largely ignoring the phenomenal recent success in getting combat veterans to re-enlist.
The Army is already far ahead of the pace needed to reach its goal of persuading 64,162 current enlisted men, from privates to top sergeants, to commit to additional service.
Among elite units bearing the brunt of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, overwhelming numbers want to return to the fight: the 82nd Airborne, for instance, reached an astonishing 97 percent of its yearly re-enlistment goal by the end of May!
These numbers show that alarming press coverage of fighting in Iraq may scare away some civilians from military service, but those who know the situation first hand feel disproportionately eager to continue the struggle.
Despite any stateside skepticism, the rising numbers of reenlistments prove that our men and women in uniform overwhelmingly believe in their mission, and want to insure its ultimate success
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Will be reported in Friday or Saturday paper ... Look in Section D or F page 12 or 17.
Will be reported in Friday or Saturday paper ... Look in Section D or F page 12 or 17.
I need the odds. If I join the US military today, what are the odds that I will be killed during my tour ?
0.5% ?
"I need the odds. If I join the US military today, what are the odds that I will be killed during my tour?"
Difficult to say. Depending on what armed service you join.
Certainly there is less chance of being killed if you join the Air Force than if you join the Marine Corps.
When I went to Nam, I told my girlfriend at the time to not plan on me returning. Of course we were losing thousands a month in Nam in 1969.
But if you are in a grunt unit, there is a very good chance that you may be WIA(wounded in action) and I have met several Marines who have had one or more tours in Iraq who have one or more PH's. And every one of them was eager to get back to their units in Iraq. But you know there are some things worse than dying. LOL
Semper Fi,
Kelly
"The Army is already far ahead of the pace needed to reach its goal of persuading 64,162 current enlisted men, from privates to top sergeants, to commit to additional service."
Are there statistics for the reenlistment rate for women?
Ok, first off, I'm retired NAVY and my son is a MARINE witht he 3rdMAW, I drive a pickup and it has a "W '04" sticker onit along side my NRA tiscker, so yes I AM A CONSERVATIVE, and FIERCLY PROUD OF IT, so don't be haten...
http://irrsoldier.blogspot.com/ However, they do activate IRR's, just not as rigourously.
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Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
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