{"id":64353,"date":"2016-02-15T07:57:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T12:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64353"},"modified":"2016-02-14T17:13:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T22:13:04","slug":"army-recruiters-should-focus-on-female-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64353","title":{"rendered":"Army; Recruiters should focus on female recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link from the Associated Press<\/a> which begins telling us good idea that the Army has about recruiting and job-placement. he want to test recruits strength and endurance to determine what jobs they should have;<\/p>\n

Prospective soldiers will be asked to run, jump, lift a weight and throw a heavy ball – all to help the Army figure out if the recruit can handle a job with high physical demands or should be directed to a more sedentary assignment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, well, that makes sense, except that I probably wouldn’t have qualified to be an infantryman after the “Summer of Jonn” following high school. <\/p>\n

The article also addresses the question on everybodys’ minds – how can the Army enlist more women;<\/p>\n

As part of the effort, the Army will increase the number of female recruiters to better target women. The goal will be to add 1 percent each year for the next three years in order to get at least one woman at each of the Army’s more than 780 larger recruiting centers across the country.<\/p>\n

Right now, only about 750 of the 8,800 Army and Army Reserve recruiters are women.<\/p>\n

The head of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Maj. Gen. Jeff Snow, told The Associated Press that adding more women as recruiters will give female recruits someone more credible to talk to about options for women in the military and how an Army career could affect married or family life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See, that sounds sexist to me – are women the only ones concerned about married or family life in the Army, and are women the only people who know those answers? I’m pretty sure that there are male recruiters who can already answer those questions. <\/p>\n

For those of you who aren’t already familiar with the process, many recruiters are forced to work in those positions. I’m sure there will more than a few women who won’t like being jerked out of their chosen profession to fly a desk and make cold calls to high school seniors just to make the Army look like they want more women in the ranks. That brings me to my big question – the question I’ve been asking since this whole discussion began, the question which still hasn’t been answered. How will recruiting more women, and making more women recruiters help us kill more of the enemies of democracy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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