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US Army unleashes crazy new plan to recruit socially awkward weirdos…
Revolver ^ | 11/24/23 | Revolver

Posted on 11/27/2023 6:03:38 AM PST by JonPreston

Do you remember when the testosterone-driven “Top Gun” was the ultimate recruitment tool for the US Navy? It’s easy to see why—the movie was packed with adrenaline, rugged men, beautiful women, and plenty of what’s now termed “toxic masculinity.” Contrast that with today’s military, which has totally shifted focus. Instead of seeking out traditionally masculine men, their recruitment now heavily includes the LGBTQ community and men who wear pantyhose. This change might be why their recruitment numbers are in the toilet.

The United States military’s newest recruitment tactic is taking a really bizarre turn. Gone are the days of scouting for robust young men at gyms or high school football practices. Now, they’re adopting a different strategy: dressing up as anime characters and visiting “conventions” across the nation.

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KEYWORDS: military; recruit; usarmy; weirdos
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1 posted on 11/27/2023 6:03:38 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston
Wouldn't be the first time...


2 posted on 11/27/2023 6:05:45 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: JonPreston

Weaponized Autism...


3 posted on 11/27/2023 6:18:51 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: JonPreston

I guess you can press a button or serve a ladel of soup dressed as a woman.


4 posted on 11/27/2023 6:21:10 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: Alas Babylon!

My first thought.


5 posted on 11/27/2023 6:21:55 AM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Chode

They should just hire 4chan.


6 posted on 11/27/2023 6:22:42 AM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Delta 21

What about those clean-cut Nazi guys we see at protests....can’t they go and recruit them? They seem to get into flags...can dress in mil-attire, and march.


7 posted on 11/27/2023 6:26:09 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Alas Babylon!; SaveFerris; PROCON; gundog
They would have had to infiltrate PacMan to reach me (though I enlisted anyway).

Maybe they can recruit some Frogger players. Like for the Coast Guard ("land guys" only).


8 posted on 11/27/2023 6:28:32 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: JonPreston

The German Wandervogel youth movement groomed an entire generation of young German young men into eromenos for the NAZI Leadership. Hitler himself was heavily involved in male homosexual prostitution in Vienna and Munich while a starving artist…


9 posted on 11/27/2023 6:31:03 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: JonPreston

Whoever runs the United States military’s recruitment is also insane


10 posted on 11/27/2023 6:34:59 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

1970’s-we had a guy that reminded me of Lennie in Of Mice And Men. Totally unqualified to serve. Viet Nam was going on so they let him in with the idea he’d have 2 years to get up to snuff-didn’t happen. The first sergeant had to get him to take a bath.


11 posted on 11/27/2023 6:46:59 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: JonPreston

What could possibly go wrong?


12 posted on 11/27/2023 6:48:38 AM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

13 posted on 11/27/2023 6:49:36 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JonPreston

Our Army has become like the gallows, they refuse no man, woman, or it.


14 posted on 11/27/2023 7:09:43 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: JonPreston

Is this part of the Biden make better 5-13 million new jobs? Didn’t the military have 12M job openings once before in my life time? The Democrats filled those openings with the new employees and they were sent over seas to work. I can see it happening again. Want to fill the quotas, look what is coming into this country, draw from them, train them and lets see who will end up controlling them? Yeah, the draft is not popular, but if we still had it, our NG and Reserve Units would not be looking for recruits, they’d be over strength with lines of volunteers trying to get in. Base Pay for a RA Pvt. today is $1917.60. It sure beats the $71 a month I got in the early 60’s. With the draft, we who served, got to know our neighbors, as it took in everyone, which led to a bonding experience for all. It was a good thing, not something to run away and hide from. My time is almost over now, be interesting to see where we go from here, but I doubt I will. As I said it the past, I lived in the best times of the USA and I’m grateful.The IKE - Kennedy yrs. were the best.


15 posted on 11/27/2023 7:12:07 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (In politicians we get what we deserve, usually the best that money can buy, guaranteed.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; GreyFriar
Military Facepalm Ping!


16 posted on 11/27/2023 7:20:03 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Delta 21

LOL... 100%


17 posted on 11/27/2023 8:43:55 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...

Ping.


18 posted on 11/27/2023 8:46:51 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: DIRTYSECRET; butlerweave

Sounds like the guy was one of SecDef McNamara’s “100,000.” It was his program to get more draftees by dramatically lowering the mental qualifications required, essentially drafting those who would have been deemed “mentally unfit” for service.


19 posted on 11/27/2023 10:12:27 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

Thank you. When his 2 year ‘probation’ was up they couldn’t let him go.


20 posted on 11/27/2023 12:12:54 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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