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To: steve harris who wrote (239424)	6/30/2005 9:39:32 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572772

You want to see an hypocrite? Look in the mirror. Folks like you support other's duty to go fight their dirty wars. When are you signing up moron? Al =================================================== Hollow Army: Recruitment follies by kos Thu Jun 30th, 2005 at 04:25:14 PDT They claim victory. For the first time since January, the Army met its monthly recruiting goal in June, but still faces what some senior Army officials say is a nearly insurmountable shortfall to meet the service's annual quota. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard B. Myers, told a town-hall meeting at the Pentagon today that the Army had exceeded its June quota, but gave no details. Senior Army officials said in interviews earlier in the day that the Army had exceeded the goal of 5,650 recruits by about 500 people. The Army Reserve also made its first monthly quota since last December, the official said. What a load of bull. Remember this? On Friday, the Army is expected to announce that it met only 75 percent of its recruiting goal for May, the fourth consecutive monthly shortfall in the number of new recruits sent to basic training. Just over 5,000 new recruits entered boot camp in May. But the news could have appeared worse. Early last month, the Army, with no public notice, lowered its long-stated May goal to 6,700 recruits from 8,050. Compared with the original target, the Army achieved only 62.6 percent of its goal for the month. Army officials defended the shift on Tuesday, saying it was not uncommon to change monthly goals at midyear. They said that the latest change reflected the reality that the Army was not going to meet its May goal, and that it made more sense to shift some of that quota to the summer months, traditionally a better season for recruiters to attract new high school graduates. So what does "shifting the quota to the summer months" mean? From last reporting on last month's numbers: They note that with only four months left in the budget year, the Army is at barely 50 percent of its goal. Recruiters would have to land more than 9,760 young men and women a month, on average, to reach the 80,000 target by the end of September. So despite needing 9,760 new recruits on average for the rest of the summer to reach the Army's annual quota, they're professing that 5,650 recruits is a success? Bull.