[geeks] Special skills draft?

[Michael Horton]

yes, there is data that a poor job market causes an increase in the
sign-up rates in all the branches of the us military.

there is anecdotal evidence: just ask anyone associated with the
national guard.

there are statistics from the us departments of labor and defense.

ocassionally, news outlets (primarily newspapers from my experience)
will have this information.

and, there is common sense.

-----Original Message-----
From: geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org] On
Behalf Of Charles Shannon Hendrix
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [geeks] Special skills draft?


Thu, 23 Sep 2004 @ 11:01 -0400, Joshua Boyd said:

> On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 09:53:47AM -0500, Mike Parson wrote:
>
> > Right now, we've got an all volunteer military, and the volunteers
> > are coming in at such a rate that the draft is currently not needed.
>
> A man interviewed on the radio the other commented that they are
> coming in at such a rate that they are having to turn people away.

I wonder if they will raise their requirements for new recruits?

The military was complaining for awhile that it was having to accept
people it didn't want to accept, because they were not getting enough
people.

Is there any data out yet that would indicate if this increase in
volunteers is due to the poor job market?


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