Here is the latest article I found. It looks like the army is having a good recruiting year, of course they are having to dig deeper towards the bottem of the barrel to get there. Hey I dident write the article and you smart ass remarks wont change reality.

They already scraped bottom by enlisting you, so this has already happened, the day you raised your right hand rppearso.

So a 1.4 percent increase in lower aptitude test scores is something to cheer for? Surprise, rppearso, you are an idiot. The National average for the ASVAB has declined almost 11 points in less than 5 years. From 2002, the average was 42, it is now barely 31 AFQT. That means over 80% of our youth cannot pass the entrance exam. We are an adequate reflection of the society we recruit from. So, before you get all high and mighty with your poor grammar and tragic spelling, think about what role you play in this show.

Yes, we accept a large number of waivers. Not all are approved. We should prohibit enlistment of one person who had a DUI 10 years ago, with no further criminal activity? My, my, how bold are we to judge. Its called the Whole Person Concept. A significant criminal history is still a bar to enlistment. A traffic fine over $250 constitutes grounds for a waiver. So, moral waivers are purely standpoint debate. So, maybe you and your media "sources" should do your homework before you run off at the mouth. Bottom of the barrel? That is what BCT is for, it weeds out those who aren't up to snuff. Worked perfectly on you, and will continue to do so for others.

If you had any clue on Human Resource management, you would understand it is an Accession/Attrition issue, not a recruitment issue.

A little advice on ASVAB scoring. The ASVAB AFQT score is only your aptitude in relation to male and female 11th graders in the Nation. A 35 year old that scores a 31 is just as "apt" as a 17 year old with a 31. So, it is safe to assume, and proper conjecture that a failed educational system produces the product. We, in turn, must keep pace with our market base, and make concessions where needed.

Your dumb ass remarks won't change anything, nor your attempts to poison and destroy the military with your jaded view, unsubstantiated sources, and personal failures. Say POP.

The last figures that I heard was that a good 75% of the youth in this country do not qualify for military service, not just the ones who try to enlist, but the whole lot. Most of it revolves around fat and stupid.

So maybe they should keep cutting funding to schools who dont provide private information to recruiters that should do the trick, kinda seeing the full circle effect of the soloman act biting the military. Im not trying to poison anything just making observations, you dont like the reality that the population of today are very few hardliners. Im sure the military will find just enough crazy's to fill the ranks of drill sgts and related fields.

Then again, enlighten us with your almighty intelligence and tell me how the Solomon Act requires divulgence of "private" information. If it were indeed private, it would be governed under the Privacy Act of 1974, and be unavailable by any means. To include, and not limited to, public record. Seeing as very few schools are "cut-off" from Federal funding in lieu of this Act, your point is moot.

Obviously, you do not know what the Solomon Act provides and under what circumstances. All it does is provide recruiters access to school campuses in the same regard as any other college or employment recruiters. Don't confuse No Child Left Behind (funding) with Solomon (access priviledge).

The no child left behind act is just as bad as it diverts funding in an attempt to bring slackers and degenerates up to speed and compromises AP programs for thoes students that want to excell it also encourages teacher to teach to an exam. Private information can be skewed anyway you want it to be, just like the whole hazing argument. You cant equate the military on the same level as colleges and job recruiters, you are making a much more profound decision when you join the military as opposed to choosing a college or job, high school students are impressionalble and the goverment knows that, the shadyest part of the act is that you have to opt out and not in. If schools do not fall into line they loose funding which damages education.

I think at the beginning of every school year every student should be passed an opt out form and be required to have there parents sign off that they recived the form.

See, fat and stupid.

Ah wisdom from HarryP

I agree that they are impressionable, I wish I had been impressed by a recruiter before getting in with the wrong bunch. All I knew about the military was some of my friends older brothers either not coming back from nam or only part of what they use to be coming back.
I didn't want any part of it, but it was completely different when I joined in '78.
Even though my recruiters tour was cut shout and he ended up on Diego Garcia, it was something I needed.
We just went through that "Be Counted" here in MI, especially in Detroit. They were giving kids Ipods just to come to class, all for the tax dollars.
Are there going to be slackers and degenerates that take advantage of the system, sure. The system isn't perfect, but I'd rather see 1 kid get a better shot at life and let a couple undeserving get by than to eliminate any chance that one may have had.
I know I have been given many chances in my life. I haven't used them all the way they were suppose to be used. But the ones I did get right made a big difference. If it wasn't for those my name would have been in an obit a long long time ago.

What a profound and brilliant idea, rrpearso!..

let's see.. at the start of school, parents have to sign a form saying they don't want their kids in the military, otherwise the armed forces can just take 'em away when they graduate and stick them in a uniform for say three years [ assuming that they aren't fat, stupid, lazy and have a criminal record from hangin' in the hood - which, surprise!, even the military doesn't want in their 'recruits ' ]

The best thing that ever happened to the US Military was on the day that you quit.. I shudder at the remote possibility they would ever have given you the opportunity to zoom around the sky in a multi-million dollar combat aircraft..you probably would have rammed it into a pre-school playgound while trying to unwrap a Hershey Bar in your act of defiantly trying to ' bulk up '..

not only did the education system fail to teach you how to "speek an rite good" ; the world has failed to teach you how to think...

rppearso

Yes unfortunatly it is this shit agian, but this is an internet forum so join in the fun by presenting a good argument other than your a looser pussy which just makes you look stupid.