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Reason
10-15-2009, 02:05 PM
Pentagon Credits Recession for Recruiting Milestone (http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/15/headlines#17)

The US military has announced it’s met all of its annual recruiting goals for the first time in thirty-five years.

In announcing the milestone, the Pentagon said the nation’s worst economic crisis since the Great Depression played a key role in boosting enlistments.

Senior Pentagon official Curtis Gilroy said a ten percent increase in the national unemployment rate generally translates into a four to six percent improvement in recruiting goals.

Another top official, Bill Carr, called the recession “a force,” adding, “unemployment…allowed us to be for much of the year in a very favorable position.”

lester1/2jr
10-15-2009, 02:06 PM
disgusting

teacherone
10-15-2009, 02:18 PM
yay! kill the poor people!

ClayTrainor
10-15-2009, 02:19 PM
More people on government paychecks, about to get injured and be on government health care... that oughta help this economy out :rolleyes:

lester1/2jr
10-15-2009, 02:20 PM
congratulations, pentagon

sevin
10-15-2009, 02:21 PM
Another top official, Bill Carr, called the recession “a force,” adding, “unemployment…allowed us to be for much of the year in a very favorable position.”

How nice for them.

Hey Pentagon:

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/15/gqRo3simZjbz9d43368j5Ouso1_500.jpg (http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3820)

sofia
10-15-2009, 02:21 PM
soon there will be nothing left in this country but the super rich, a giant dependent welfare class (fka the middle class), and members of the military

ClayTrainor
10-15-2009, 02:25 PM
soon there will be nothing left in this country but the super rich, a giant dependent welfare class (fka the middle class), and members of the military
the police state will be complete...

Vessol
10-15-2009, 04:10 PM
"Pentagon Bans Photos of Afghan War Dead

In other Afghan war news, the Pentagon has imposed a new policy barring media from photographing US soldiers killed in combat. The rule change was introduced last month after the Associated Press published a photo of a mortally wounded US marine.
"

Got to keep the morale up! Forget about Iraq! Afghanistan is a proper war!

torchbearer
10-15-2009, 04:13 PM
This thread calls for this video:
YouTube - System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ5Tp97UgyQ)

Why do they always send the poor?

Dieseler
10-15-2009, 04:15 PM
They like to push the weaker out.

Catatonic
10-15-2009, 04:22 PM
So does this mean we won't need as many contractors?

Vessol
10-15-2009, 04:24 PM
So does this mean we won't need as many contractors?

Only in Iraq, remember that Iraq doesn't exist anymore.

Reason
10-17-2009, 09:00 AM
bump

raiha
10-17-2009, 04:22 PM
Does anyone know how much a raw recruit gets whilst training? Does his wage go up when he goes to a war zone? How much then?

Reason
10-18-2009, 01:51 AM
Does anyone know how much a raw recruit gets whilst training? Does his wage go up when he goes to a war zone? How much then?

I don't recall what my exact pay was,

you can view it here

http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay

gotta make a free account tho

don't feel like doing it atm

raiha
10-18-2009, 02:57 AM
ta!

HOLLYWOOD
10-18-2009, 03:53 AM
So... does this mean the 4 branches of the military and DOD will be refunding the $100's of millions in recruitment advertising costs back to the taxpayers?

A bigger protion of it is all the Pay raises and benefits over the past 10 years... plus serving over in the foreign combat zones gets you tax free income.