I have a very close friend who is in charge of the Infantry School at a large southern training base. His job is to monitor new recruits as they enter the Army and manage their placement for Infantry training. As of one week ago the Infantry branch had no trouble meeting it’s recruiting goals, as a matter of fact, Infantry branch has exceeded its recruiting requirements by 25 to 30 % every month since the Iraq terrorism front war started.
There is a shortage of, so called, skilled MOS fields. MOS means Military Occupational Specialty. The shortage is most acute in the language fields and computer specialty fields.
The Boston Globe is a “RAT” lib rag so what would one expect.
Anyone want to challenge my info? Bring it on and don’t forget to bring your lunch.
There’s some forums that are run by current and/or former military that cater to the military crowd and those who are supportive and/or interested in the military.
Awhile back, the USMC announced that the 03XX MOS (infantry) was saturated and wouldn’t be taking any more recruits for the near future.
You should have heard the yowls and howls from the youngsters that were waiting to turn 18 so they could join up. They were mighty upset that they wouldn’t be allowed to sign up for infantry. No joke.
So, it might be a bit unwise to assume that the infantry MOS in the Army is full up just because the Army is just shoving a ton of “open contract” enlistees that way.
There’s a bunch of this young generation that want to serve and want to fight.
Not that I’m accusing you of saying such, sir. Just pointing it out for the general readership here.
My son came out of OSUT at Ft. Benning as an incredibly motivated and proud soldier. My thanks to your friend.
Too late, it's already being accepted as factual.
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