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The Army is looking for a lot more good people.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/07\/29\/the-army-needs-thousands-more-infantrymen-by-spring\/<\/a><\/p>\n From the article:\u00a0 The Army is short more than 5,000 junior enlisted infantrymen<\/a>, with the military occupational specialty manned at roughly 79 percent of its goal.<\/p>\n In numbers obtained by Army Times, the service\u2019s authorized strength for E-1 through E-4 active-duty infantrymen, coded as 11B, stands at 24,893. But the service only had 19,820 junior enlisted infantrymen as of July 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Indirect fire infantrymen, coded as 11C, are doing a fair bit better, with 2,706 E-1 through E-4 soldiers manning the career field out of the 3,050 troops for which the Army is authorized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In order to close the gap, the service is offering massive enlistment bonuses topping out at\u00a0$40,000 for new recruits<\/a> and up to $72,000 for soldiers who reclassify. – article<\/p>\n Well, there’s an opportunity just waiting for someone like some wanker wannabe in Nevada to be more than he ever was, and solve his cash flow problems at the same time. \/sarc\u00a0<\/em> These troops are the Airborne sort, which you may have heard of here and there.<\/p>\n Anyone want to give him a heads up?\u00a0 Yeah, me neither.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\n\n