1 posted on
05/11/2006 1:06:42 PM PDT by
RDTF
No need to click on the link - that is the extent of the article.
2 posted on
05/11/2006 1:07:21 PM PDT by
RDTF
To: RDTF
The Pentagon, faced with a critical shortage of foreign language expertise, said it would increase the money it pays troops who know a language other than English. Do they have to know English also?
To: RDTF
I can speak jive! But that only comes in handy around Detroit.
4 posted on
05/11/2006 1:08:23 PM PDT by
lovecraft
(Specialization is for insects.)
To: RDTF
Arabic is highly desirableOooops, someone's gonna be in trouble! Can't have profiling, ya know.
5 posted on
05/11/2006 1:08:51 PM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: RDTF
7 posted on
05/11/2006 1:12:10 PM PDT by
HIDEK6
To: RDTF
Well, a seasoned serviceman ought to be able to curse and swear in at least ten languages.
9 posted on
05/11/2006 1:18:46 PM PDT by
GSlob
To: Romanov
Ring a ling, Pentagon calling.
10 posted on
05/11/2006 1:19:32 PM PDT by
GarySpFc
(Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
To: RDTF
People should be rewarded for their skills.
12 posted on
05/11/2006 2:15:43 PM PDT by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: RDTF
Arabic is highly desirable Cool. My niece is an Arabic linguist in the USAF.
13 posted on
05/11/2006 2:17:18 PM PDT by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: RDTF
Interviewer: "What languages do you speak?"
Applicant: "Cobol, PL1, C++, and RPG400."
14 posted on
05/11/2006 2:18:31 PM PDT by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: RDTF
SON OF A B***H!!!!!!!!!!!
And all they paid me was a LOUSY $100/month, even when I was deployed overseas using my "#1 in DoD" linguistic talent........
15 posted on
05/11/2006 3:45:56 PM PDT by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: RDTF
Hmmmmm....I am COMPLETELY CERTAIN they're not going to use this to enrich hispanic recruits....RIGHT...?!
17 posted on
05/11/2006 4:15:14 PM PDT by
gaijin
To: American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; Atigun; bannedfromdu; Beckwith; ...
20 posted on
05/11/2006 4:36:14 PM PDT by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: RDTF
Sacre Bleu!
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