{"id":52597,"date":"2014-06-29T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=52597"},"modified":"2014-06-29T09:59:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T13:59:49","slug":"wsj-the-recruiting-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=52597","title":{"rendered":"WSJ; the recruiting dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Average NCO sends<\/del> Someone sent us this link to the Wall Street Journal<\/a> which warns that the shrinking pool of military recruits endangers our ability to field a military for the upcoming challenges we face in the world;<\/p>\n

The military deems many youngsters ineligible due to obesity, lack of a high-school diploma, felony convictions and prescription-drug use for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. But others are now also running afoul of standards for appearance amid the growing popularity of large-scale tattoos and devices called ear gauges that create large holes in earlobes.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, Brittany Crippen said she tried to enlist in the Army, only to learn that a tattoo of a fish on the back of her neck disqualified her. Determined to join, the 19-year-old college student visited a second recruiting center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and was rejected again.<\/p>\n

Apologetic recruiters encouraged her to return after removing the tattoo, a process she was told would take about year. “I was very upset,” Ms. Crippen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess folks who who are looking for a career in the military ought to rethink whether they want a tattoo or not. At least until there’s a new sergeant major of the Army. The article continues that the pentagon estimates that only 71% of folks who are military age are fully qualified for service;<\/p>\n

About a quarter of high-school graduates also can’t pass the Armed Forces Qualification Test, which measures math and reading skills, Gen. Youngman said. “They aren’t educationally qualified to join the military in any capacity, not just the high-tech jobs,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, so much for the myth that service members are drawn from the lower educated portion of the population. It supports the contention that we send our best and brightest to fight our wars, while the rest of America hangs out at the mall, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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