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OT us soldiers re-enlisting at a high rate?
(Scott Lurndal) writes:
"Todd Fatheree" writes:
Let's try a little logic here. If the raw numbers are available, I can't
find them. But we know that the military has a high demand for troops,
right? Otherwise, they wouldn't be calling up Guard and Reserve troops.
So, I think it's safe to assume that their goal is a reasonably high
percentage of the total deployed. So, 96% of a big number is still a big
number. Not as big as 106%, but still big. Of course, you'll argue that
the goal must have been about 50%, right? That makes perfect sense.
According to this source:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jun2004/stop-j04.shtml
As for the mood in the army itself, retired US Army Col. David Hackworth,
a vocal critic of the Pentagon and the White House, suggests the reality
is "exactly 180 degrees out" from what official sources are saying about
re-enlistment rates. He asserts, based on "what hundreds of soldiers have
told me during the past few weeks," that troops "are voting with their feet"
and preparing to leave the military in large numbers.
Yet another:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/040614-army-re-enlistment.htm
scott
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