Money ain't enough!!!
I respect Generals (and other officers) who tell it like it is...even when it makes them look bad.
Army's Top Recruiter Says 2006 May Be Biggest Test
New York Times ( MAY. 13)
The Army's top recruiter, already struggling to meet his quotas this year, said yesterday that 2006 would be even harder, and perhaps the toughest year for recruiting since the all volunteer force began in 1973. Maj. Gen. Michael D. Rochelle, in a telephone interview, said the Army would most likely start its fiscal year this October with the smallest pool of recruits ready for boot camp in at least a decade. He said that by then, only 9.9 percent of the roughly 80,000 new active duty soldiers the Army needs next year to replenish the ranks in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere were expected to be in the pipeline. Normally, as the Army begins its recruiting year, it has a goal of having already signed contracts with one in every three of the year's expected arrivals, a cushion that helps recruiters through the slow winter months. But this year, the Army started with one in five, and if General Rochelle's prediction is correct, next year will begin with only one in 10. |
