DoD assumes responsibility for releasing recruiting stats

[Pryderi]

DoD assumes responsibility for releasing recruiting stats
Individual services no longer authorized to announce numbers at beginning of the month

By Laura Bailey
Times staff writer

The Army and Marine Corps, as they struggle with recruiting shortfalls, will no longer announce their monthly recruiting numbers at the beginning of each month.

Instead, the Defense Department will approve the release of recruiting statistics for all four services. "


http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-892069.php

[expatriot]

1. wow, they must be getting worse...

[hatrack]

2. So, how will they paper over the cracks in the May figures?

Any guesses?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

16. Move the goalposts, ala unemployment.

Needless to say, May was a banner month for recruiting. :D

[tabasco]

3. Covering up bad news.

Republicans must be getting tired of being told "get to the recruiter's office you chickenshits!"

More government in secret thanks to the Bush corporate cabal.

Covering it up won't help the line units in need of soldiers. This is going to be intereting.

[hatrack]

4. Kicking to avoid Friday news dump syndrome nt

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[bpilgrim]

5. we are LOSING the WAR and this will TIP their hand on plans for the DRAFT

unless rummy is gonna shock-n-awe us with his ROBOT armies

peace

[burrowowl]

27. No just employ

mercenaries at a 1000 times the cost of a soldier.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. In the interest of "war time" morale, since they can't meet the goals

They don't want to exhibit any weakness that would "aid or comfort" the enemy.

[Robbien]

7. That does makes sense

if we really were in a war instead of this 'march for democracy'.

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. Don't forget, it's the "War on terror" of which Iraq was (is)

only a battle. It has been devised as the endless war, generational, they made that clear from the outset. We are in a terrible bind.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. I agree, it's all about how they look to others.

It's an old game mines bigger than yours. They are worried how this is going to look to their "enemies" and future "enemies".

Sadly the young Republicans are letting them down and causing the US to look weak in the eyes of others. Shame on them! Why do they hate America?

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I think once you're a chicken, you're always a chicken. They have

to 'control' the situation and are afraid that 'bad' news will let out the secret that very few support them.

[kodi]

9. "give us one of your childern, or you will give us all of them."

sophie's choice.

[Dem2theMax]

10. Hiding bad news boys?

[LiberalFighter]

11. How will services supplement their numbers?

Kids in trouble with the law? Jail time or join up?

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Think I just read a post yesterday that they are going to employ

militaries from South America. You know, just 'buy' our way out.

[cyberpj]

20. I had a feeling Laura Bush being put on the Street Gangs issue

was intended to direct these troubled youth into the military.

Watch for that one yet.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Will they create a special unit? I bet!! Maybe the grunts for frontline

[converted_democrat]

12. kick

[bpilgrim]

13. welcome to DU

:toast:

i know a lot of conservatives are PI$$ED at the LIES coming from this regime especially the LIES for WAR.

:hi:

peace

[converted_democrat]

22. Pissed is not even the word...........

pissed, betrayed, and foolish......Just to name a few. Sometime people get confused "oldstyle" conservatives for the people that are trying to hijack their name. I know alot of true "oldstyle" conservatives and they are just as pissed as we are. Freepers are hijacking the conservative name trying to make people believe there are more of them than there really are. The sad thing is that these "oldstyle" conservatives are very hard workers "salt of the Earth" type people that work 80 hours a week and they don't truly realize what is being done in their name. They don't have time to find out the truth. Also these people talk about politics at home just about as well as they talk about sex.The ones that have figured it out are really mad and confused and not sure what to do. We need to actively seek them out, and give them a voice.

Oh, and thank you for the welcome!!!! I love it here.

[Cocoa]

14. all recruiting stats will now come in Rummyspeak

could we have recruited more troops? You bet!

Does that mean we're not going to win the war? Goodness gracious henny penny!

[Kolesar]

18. That both made me laugh...

...and gave me the creeps at the same time.

[Theduckno2]

32. and if the DoD can't handle the responsibility of recruiting stats...

It will be turned over to the Ministry of Truth. Seriously though, I doubt that recruitment figures would shape Rumsfeld's military strategy very much. He pretty much admitted it when he said something like: You don't go to war with the army you want, you go to war with the army you have.

[K8-EEE]

33. lol!! That's funny....

You got the Rummy Speak down? You bet! thanks for that...

oh and also, hi and welcome to our friend Converted Democrat in the previous post!

[annabanana]

21. Well that's pretty much IT for accuracy, isn't it?....n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

38. My thoughts exactly.

[Joey Liberal]

23. How pathetic our military has become with Bush in charge n/t

[ogradda]

24. Plugging another hole are we?

You can hide those numbers numb fucks but they will still suck.

[jono]

25. Nominated!

:kick:

[Walt Starr]

28. So now all we are going to get is the grand total, no more Army or Marines

We will never again hear a breakdown for the various services. Smart kids are joining the Navy and Air Force and they're hoping to make up the shortfalls in total numbers with those figures.

How blatantly obvious can they get?

[paineinthearse]

29. Anyone remember the "fake this, fake that" thread?

Here's another for the list. Fake recruiting numbers.

[NEDem]

30. Didn't Kos have a story a while back

that said the selective service would report that they could begin setting up draft boards on or around June 15? Hmmmm....

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. YES... I am betting they are right on schedule for that

On the bright side, I will be able to help some freepers pack for the war... hey now they can put their money where their mouth is... too bad they chose the draft instead of doing the patriotic thing and actually joining (damn chickenhawks)

Now how many of these outstanding kids will suddenly develop other prioritties?

[Elidor]

31. Time to hammer them with the "What have they got to hide?" meme

Of course, with Rummy, the answer is: everything.

[nightfox02]

35. Are you fucking kidding me?

We are turning into the fucking Third Reich people...

This is just scary....

Dems must grow balls and keep them. NEVER AGAIN! We cannot let Nixons and Bush(s) come to power in this country. It is literally killing us. Politics be damned!

[magellan]

36. Information hasn't been this managed

...since the Soviets were in power.

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[Pacifist Patriot]

39. Any bets they "make quota" next reporting period?

[BR_Parkway]

40. Probably be some secret memo that Boy Scouts are now to be

counted as 'potential' recruits.

Then Rummy can just fold those numbers right in, make everything look so much better.

I mean, if flipping hamburgers is now 'manufacturing', why not?