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U.S. Navy Misses Enlisted Recruitment Target by 20 Percent
https://maritime-executive.com ^ | PUBLISHED OCT 12, 2023

Posted on 11/17/2023 11:32:05 PM PST by 11th_VA

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Wowzer 20% shortfall - no way to sugarcoat that number …
1 posted on 11/17/2023 11:32:05 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

White rage. Who wants to join a woke military led by a senile CIC? Actions have consequences.


2 posted on 11/17/2023 11:57:07 PM PST by kabar
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What? You mean the Navy couldn’t attract enough sodomites and other deviants to make up for the short fall of “angry white men”?

Color me shocked!


3 posted on 11/17/2023 11:58:39 PM PST by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjam Franklin.)
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To: kabar

Nobody wants to risk being assigned to a ship named after Harvey Milk.

At least not normal white men


4 posted on 11/18/2023 12:01:07 AM PST by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjam Franklin.)
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To: 11th_VA
Sounds like a great time to go to war everywhere... Oh great, that's already underway!

Way to go Brandon!

5 posted on 11/18/2023 12:07:08 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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“Undermanning was one factor identified in the deadly collisions involving the destroyers USS John S. McCain ...”

The USS John McCain was destined for an accident for its namesake alone

I’ll use the POS apologists at Fakecheck who admit McCain lost 5 airplanes. A world record.


6 posted on 11/18/2023 12:09:31 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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https://www.factcheck.org/2008/09/mccains-plane-crashes/


7 posted on 11/18/2023 12:09:55 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: 11th_VA

On the other end, the Navy will issue a stop loss order, meaning that service members approaching their expiration of active service (EAS) will be involuntarily retained on active duty. [Enlisted personnel typically sign an 8-year service contract, with four years of active duty and four years of inactive reserve status, subject to recall. At their discretion, the Navy will adjust that 4/4 split and add more active time. It’s all a real morale builder. /sarc]


8 posted on 11/18/2023 12:48:56 AM PST by twister881
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9 posted on 11/18/2023 1:05:07 AM PST by Angelino97
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“The Navy has made every attempt to attract new applicants.”

Well, no. They haven’t gotten rid of the idiocies that put them in this position in the first place.


10 posted on 11/18/2023 1:05:32 AM PST by FreedomForce
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Well, when you're looking to fill the Armed Forces with homosexuals and tranny freaks, that's no surprise.

There simply aren't enough of them to fill the ranks.

Latest US Navy Recruitment Video

11 posted on 11/18/2023 1:05:46 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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This might cause them to drop the mandatory cross dressing.


12 posted on 11/18/2023 1:06:06 AM PST by glorgau
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WTF?


13 posted on 11/18/2023 1:06:34 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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AND with all the unemployment (but most of THAT is self-selected, voluntary since so many people like being on welfare and similar give=away programs these days)

It is such a great honor to serve in the USNavy! Are they really recruiting much? I’ve attended many high school and community events where they COULD well have recruited (all they had to do was ask for an information table), and they weren’t there. I can’t judge whether they’re doing it more nationally since my “sample size” is necessarily limited — but they sure aren’t recruiting as much as they could. Also, many high schools have abandoned ROTC activity groups so that their interested students don’t get that opportunity either. ROTC can be a great learning activity for kids even for those that do not decide to join up when they graduate, but of course many do ... and this alone must be depressing the enlistment numbers? I blame the school administrators.


14 posted on 11/18/2023 1:14:18 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: 11th_VA

Good. People are wising up.


15 posted on 11/18/2023 1:27:37 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Not surprising at all. What young person of normal intelligence would offer to put their life at risk fighting for a country run by LOSERS AND CRIMINALS, being overrun everyday by illegal invaders, and crawling with arsonists, thieves, and murderers???? Most young people today may be stupid and brainwashed, but it doesn’t take a lot of smarts to see that going into an armed forces recruitment office today is a bad idea!


16 posted on 11/18/2023 1:35:27 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Vendome

“Undermanning was one factor identified in the deadly collisions involving the destroyers USS John S. McCain ...”

The USS John McCain was destined for an accident for its namesake alone

I’ll use the POS apologists at Fakecheck who admit McCain lost 5 airplanes. A world record.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
WELL DONE!


17 posted on 11/18/2023 1:37:33 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: 11th_VA

Not surprising at all. What young person of normal intelligence would offer to put their life at risk fighting for a country run by LOSERS AND CRIMINALS, being overrun everyday by illegal invaders, and crawling with arsonists, thieves, and murderers???? Most young people today may be stupid and brainwashed, but it doesn’t take a lot of smarts to see that going into an armed forces recruitment office today is a bad idea!


18 posted on 11/18/2023 1:39:30 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: Rocco DiPippo

Diesel dyke ship’s captains don’t help either.


19 posted on 11/18/2023 1:41:08 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Diesel dyke ship’s captains don’t help either.


20 posted on 11/18/2023 1:41:36 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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