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Recruits
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:29 pm
by Tom Flapwell
5,101: The total number of new recruits signed up by the Army in May, short of its goal of 5,500. It is the Army's first significant recruiting slip in two years.
I had no idea it was that
high, especially now that the war's unpopular even in the U.S. The Army shouldn't be disappointed.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:30 pm
by Sage
I could quote a song here....
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:01 pm
by Doc Sigma
On second thought, I decided to remove the picture. It was somewhat offensive.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:29 pm
by Sage
That's not the kind of camouflage the United States uses...
But whatever, joke gets across I guess.
Re: Recruits
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:17 am
by Rooster
5,101: The total number of new recruits
25,000 - Roughly the number of US Military casualties (dead and wounded) since the war "ended"
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:22 am
by Loeln
The armed forces give good benefits, and takes care of you.
No joke.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:56 am
by Comrade K
The armed forces give good benefits, and takes care of you.
No joke.
He speaks the truth. It's a good career, you just have to hope you don't end up in the shit, but that's the chance you take.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:05 am
by Bocaj Claw
[Insert paranoid ramblings about reinstatement of the draft]
[Insert tab A into slot B]
Re: Recruits
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:38 pm
by Foxchild
5,101: The total number of new recruits
25,000 - Roughly the number of US Military casualties (dead and wounded) since the war "ended"
1 month vs many many more. The politicians saying "The war is over" was an attempt at a political move to gain support of the people, whilst the Generals knew it would take years to bring Iraq to the point where it's own police and military could once again resume full control (after all, as history showed us with Japan in WWII, the time it took to perform the reparations also took years, and that was in a more stable environment).
Also, where are these numbers being pulled from? I wanted to find general statistics on the US Army, but doing a quick search, all I can find is numbers relating to Iraq, and I want total figures, not just the Iraqi conflict.
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:26 am
by Rooster
That was refering to Iraq. I should have made that clear.
But I'll speak no furthur of the whole god-aweful shitty mess.
Good day.
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:06 am
by Loeln
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:44 am
by Doc Sigma
...now I have Captain Jack's "Soldier Soldier" stuck in my head...
SOLDIER SOLDIER DON'T LOOK DOWN
THERE'S NO SIX PACK ON THE GROUND
etc
AAAH
How am I going to sleep now
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:15 am
by Bocaj Claw
Drugs?
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:40 pm
by Doc Sigma
It's morning now but that's what I did. Nothing illegal mind you (I've never done illegal drugs, believe it or not), just watched an episode of Sesame Street brought to you by the letters J and B
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:53 pm
by Rooster
